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   Swapna Krishna (skrishna@wandering.shop)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jan-2024 00:29:48 JST Swapna Krishna

   Tomorrow, watch Japan's attempt to land their SLIM spacecraft on the moon! The livestream link is below, and the landing will be at approximately 10:20 am ET on Friday, January 19. If they succeed, they will be the fifth country (U.S., Soviet Union, China, India) to accomplish this feat!

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvXLt3ET9mE

   #space #science

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     pettter (pettter@mastodon.acc.umu.se)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jan-2024 00:29:25 JST pettter

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     @skrishna Closing the stream and then asking people to come back to the press conference.. Not super promising is it?

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     Swapna Krishna (skrishna@wandering.shop)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jan-2024 00:29:26 JST Swapna Krishna

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     They’re still checking the status of the spacecraft.
     #space #science #slim

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     Swapna Krishna (skrishna@wandering.shop)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jan-2024 00:29:27 JST Swapna Krishna

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     LANDED #space #science #slim

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     Swapna Krishna (skrishna@wandering.shop)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jan-2024 00:29:28 JST Swapna Krishna

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     descending again and will stop at 50m up #space #science #slim

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     Swapna Krishna (skrishna@wandering.shop)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jan-2024 00:29:29 JST Swapna Krishna

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     now at 500m and hovering #space #science #slim

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     Swapna Krishna (skrishna@wandering.shop)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jan-2024 00:29:30 JST Swapna Krishna

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     holding my breath!!! #space #science #slim

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     Swapna Krishna (skrishna@wandering.shop)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jan-2024 00:29:31 JST Swapna Krishna

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     Vertical descent has started!!!!!! #space #science #slim

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     Swapna Krishna (skrishna@wandering.shop)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jan-2024 00:29:33 JST Swapna Krishna

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     5 km!!! SO CLOSE #space #science #slim

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     Swapna Krishna (skrishna@wandering.shop)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jan-2024 00:29:34 JST Swapna Krishna

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     Third boost stage has started. #space #science #slim

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     Swapna Krishna (skrishna@wandering.shop)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jan-2024 00:29:35 JST Swapna Krishna

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     Engine has stopped and the lander is cruising and trying to scan the moon's surface. Around 15km. Third boost phase coming up. #space #science #slim

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     Swapna Krishna (skrishna@wandering.shop)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jan-2024 00:29:36 JST Swapna Krishna

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     Everything looks good!!!! About 15km from the moon's surface now #space #science #slim

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     Swapna Krishna (skrishna@wandering.shop)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jan-2024 00:29:37 JST Swapna Krishna

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     The top left blue indicator is fuel, there is currently around 91 kg and there should be around 10kg left when all is set and done #space #science #slim

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     Swapna Krishna (skrishna@wandering.shop)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jan-2024 00:29:38 JST Swapna Krishna

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     Second boost. SLIM is descending again #space #science #slim

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     Swapna Krishna (skrishna@wandering.shop)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jan-2024 00:29:39 JST Swapna Krishna

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     Trajectory is going very close to the planned model #space #science #slim

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     Swapna Krishna (skrishna@wandering.shop)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jan-2024 00:29:40 JST Swapna Krishna

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     Velocity looks good. Things are going well. #space #science #slim

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     Swapna Krishna (skrishna@wandering.shop)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jan-2024 00:29:41 JST Swapna Krishna

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     First boost incoming #space #science #slim

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     Swapna Krishna (skrishna@wandering.shop)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jan-2024 00:29:42 JST Swapna Krishna

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     Engines are currently on, soon they'll be turned off. #space #science #slim

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     Swapna Krishna (skrishna@wandering.shop)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jan-2024 00:29:43 JST Swapna Krishna

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     Graph on the right -- white is expected orbit, red is what SLIM is doing. GOing well so far!! Descent has started. #space #science #slim

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     Swapna Krishna (skrishna@wandering.shop)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jan-2024 00:29:45 JST Swapna Krishna

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     This is the powered descent trajectory! (Screenshot from the YouTube livestream) #space #science #slim

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     Swapna Krishna (skrishna@wandering.shop)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jan-2024 00:29:46 JST Swapna Krishna

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     As long as my five year old cooperates, I will do live updates over here! #space #science #slim

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     Swapna Krishna (skrishna@wandering.shop)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jan-2024 00:29:47 JST Swapna Krishna

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     Reminder: Japan's lunar landing attempt for its SLIM spacecraft is happening TODAY. Livestream starts around 10 am ET:

     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvXLt3ET9mE

     #space #science

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     pettter (pettter@mastodon.acc.umu.se)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jan-2024 00:31:47 JST pettter

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     • Martin Vermeer FCD

     @martinvermeer @skrishna I thought I saw something like that on the screen just as it landed, but thought that was just noise in the telemetry..

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     Martin Vermeer FCD (martinvermeer@fediscience.org)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jan-2024 00:31:48 JST Martin Vermeer FCD

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     @pettter @skrishna Yeah, taking their time with the status check. They are getting telemetry though... did it topple over?

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     pettter (pettter@mastodon.acc.umu.se)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jan-2024 00:37:05 JST pettter

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     • Martin Vermeer FCD

     @skrishna @martinvermeer Oh yeah, it's definitely on the ground

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     Swapna Krishna (skrishna@wandering.shop)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jan-2024 00:37:07 JST Swapna Krishna

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     • Martin Vermeer FCD

     @pettter @martinvermeer It landed for sure, they're just checking the health of the spacecraft and making sure it didn't crash land

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     pettter (pettter@mastodon.acc.umu.se)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jan-2024 00:58:24 JST pettter

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     @skrishna Seeing over on the other site that there's at least _some_ signal coming through to NASAs Deep Space Network, so it's not a hard landing at least.

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     Swapna Krishna (skrishna@wandering.shop)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jan-2024 00:58:25 JST Swapna Krishna

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     @pettter 😬

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     pettter (pettter@mastodon.acc.umu.se)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jan-2024 01:03:37 JST pettter

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     @skrishna Ah, I only checked the thread!

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     Swapna Krishna (skrishna@wandering.shop)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jan-2024 01:03:38 JST Swapna Krishna

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     @pettter I posted about the DSN a few minutes ago!