The Big Think

One robot screaming through orbit at thousands of miles per hour (the Mars Orbiter) takes a picture of another robot (the Phoenix Lander) as it makes it final approach to landing on Mars (under parachutes). How incredible, amazing, and awe-inspiring is that?

I have to post Boing Boing’s take:

See that thing in this image that looks like a Martian vehicle descending by parachute to the surface of Mars? That’s the Phoenix lander, captured in mid-drop, still glowing from entry into the atmosphere, by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. How badass awesome is it to be a human? Super badass awesome.

I concur.

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