It was a good day to land an SUV-sized, two-ton, nuclear-powered robot on Mars. I was properly dressed for the occasion.
These are “EDL socks,” displaying Entry-Descent-Landing, otherwise known as the “Seven Minutes of Terror.”
They’re available from sciencesocks.co – they’re also very comfy.
There’s also an image of the launch from Earth on the back, but I forgot to take a picture of that.
The hat I got from JPL years ago. I actually had to miss the landing live due to a long Zoom call that came up at the last minute (okay, I had it on one monitor with the sound off) and during the call I was referred to as “the guy wearing the baseball cap.” It’s so much more than a baseball cap…
Perseverance is down safe and has started sending back pictures and data. The truly annoying hints from a number of folks at JPL tonight (via Twitter) indicate that they have some truly SPECTACULAR images to share coming up. Keep your eyes open for a press conference in the next day or two.
We Love The Stars Too Fondly 
Not to underplay the HUGE accomplishment here (a rover that picks its own parking spot before it even lands!), but with 24 hours we had this image from the surface…
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