<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><font face="Gill Sans" size="5" class="">good morning all,</font><div class=""><font face="Gill Sans" size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Gill Sans" size="4" class="">A little late but I somehow omitted these cute Space Valentine pictures….from me….to you ❤️</font></div><div class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="A917DC40-D8E4-4251-AE5B-50A6FE748BAE" class="" src="cid:927D9957-2F24-42C1-ACCE-689D7CB4BEBF"><img apple-inline="yes" id="3495CFCC-5919-443C-A7F9-18938AD18EF7" class="" src="cid:6FA12949-148A-44FA-84A2-DDA7627BD93E"><img apple-inline="yes" id="F5A428B5-FB4D-43BE-925F-3B786D518945" class="" src="cid:068B587D-84DA-45BE-81B3-BB65E3FA321A"><font face="Gill Sans" size="4" class=""><br class=""></font><div class=""><font face="Gill Sans" size="4" class=""> </font></div><div class=""><font face="Gill Sans" size="5" class=""> </font></div><div class=""><font face="Gill Sans" size="5" class="">getting closer, only 2 more days….I hope you will enjoy this….</font></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 28pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">7 MINUTES OF TERROR </span></b></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 24pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">(</span><span style="font-size: 22pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">7 Minutos De Terror)</span><span style="font-size: 18pt; background-color: whitesmoke; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></p><p style="margin-top:4.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:4.5pt;margin-left:
0in" class=""><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(46, 46, 46); background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">After a nearly seven month journey covering
almost 300 million miles (500 million kilometers) through space,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/perseverance/" style="box-sizing: inherit;" class=""><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;
font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#045EA8" class="">NASA's Perseverance rover</span></span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
color:#2E2E2E;background:white" class=""> </span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:
"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2E2E2E;background:white" class="">will soon land on Mars. </span></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(46, 46, 46);" class="">NASA's<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/perseverance/" style="box-sizing: inherit" class=""><span style="color:#045EA8" class="">Perseverance rover</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>is expected to land on Mars on Feb.
18, 2021, at 3:55 p.m. EDT. </span></p><div style="margin: 0in; box-sizing: inherit;" class=""><span style="font-size:13.5pt;
font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2E2E2E" class="">On Feb. 18, 2021, it will take
radio signals about 11 minutes, 22 seconds to travel from Mars back to
Earth. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
<h2 style="box-sizing: inherit" class=""><span style="font-size:20.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
color:#2E2E2E" class="">What are the "7 minutes of terror"? <o:p class=""></o:p></span></h2><div style="margin: 0in; box-sizing: inherit;" class=""><span style="font-size:13.5pt;
font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2E2E2E" class="">The most intense part of the
mission by far is the entry, descent and landing on Mars. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; box-sizing: inherit;" class=""><span style="font-size:13.5pt;
font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2E2E2E" class="">Over the course of seven minutes,
commonly referred to as the "7 minutes of terror," the spacecraft
will slow from about 12,100 mph (19,360 kph) when it enters the Martian
atmosphere to about 2 mph (3.2 kph) at touchdown. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; box-sizing: inherit;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: inherit;
color:inherit;font-size:2.5rem" class=""><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
color:#2E2E2E" class="">According to NASA, here's what will happen during entry, descent
and landing</span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
<ul type="disc" style="box-sizing: inherit" class="">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#2E2E2E;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;box-sizing: inherit"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" class="">About 240 seconds
after the rover enters the atmosphere: A parachute deploys and eventually
slows the vehicle down to about 200 miles per hour. (320kph)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#2E2E2E;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;box-sizing: inherit"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" class="">Once it's about
6,900 feet (2103 meters) above the surface: The rover drops from the
backshell and the rocket-powered descent stage takes over<o:p class=""></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#2E2E2E;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;box-sizing: inherit"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" class="">When the descent
stage engines fire up: It moves to one side to avoid hitting the parachute
and backshell coming down<o:p class=""></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#2E2E2E;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;box-sizing: inherit"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" class="">When the descent
stage slows to about 1.7 miles per hour (2.7kph): "Skycrane"
maneuver starts<o:p class=""></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#2E2E2E;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;box-sizing: inherit"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" class="">About 12 seconds
before touchdown and about 66 feet (20 meters) above the surface: The
descent stage lowers the rover on a set of cables about 21 feet (6.4
meters) long<o:p class=""></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#2E2E2E;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;box-sizing: inherit"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" class="">When Perseverance
senses its wheels have touched the ground: The rover quickly cuts the
cables and the descent stage flies off to land on the surface as well, a
safe distance away.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></li>
</ul><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#161616;
background:white" class="">The most sophisticated rover ever sent to Mars is set to land
on Thursday, Feb. 18. Here's how NASA plans to pull off the daring landing on
the Red Planet. (see link below)</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;
font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2E2E2E" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;
font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2E2E2E" class=""><a href="https://www.king5.com/video/news/nation-world/animation-shows-how-nasa-plans-to-pull-off-daring-mars-land-perseverance-rover/507-20341835-9a17-4a7c-9574-df4cb5e54da2" class=""><span style="color:windowtext" class="">https://www.king5.com/video/news/nation-world/animation-shows-how-nasa-plans-to-pull-off-daring-mars-land-perseverance-rover/507-20341835-9a17-4a7c-9574-df4cb5e54da2</span></a> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></p>
<h2 class=""><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">How to watch Mars rover landing <o:p class=""></o:p></span></h2><div style="margin: 0in; box-sizing: inherit;" class=""><span style="font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#2E2E2E" class=""><a href="https://www.youtube.com/nasajpl" style="box-sizing: inherit" class=""><span style="color:#045EA8" class="">NASA TV's live coverage</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in
Southern California starts at 2:15 p.m. Eastern.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/nasajpl" style="box-sizing: inherit" class=""><span style="color:#045EA8" class="">JPL's YouTube page</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>will also offer a 360-degree live
stream featuring an immersive look at the control room during entry, descent
and landing. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><p style="margin-top:4.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:4.5pt;margin-left:
0in" class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">W</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">e have to
remember to do our best, enjoy everything we do, believe in ourselves, and
let those we care about most know (I always say this, we all need to take it to
heart) …hugs & smiles... :-) :-) STAY SAFE, TAKE CARE, Love ya, Gabe</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div class=""><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2E2E2E" class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p class=""> </o:p></p><p style="margin-top:4.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:4.5pt;margin-left:
0in" class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="FB659EB3-18FE-4749-892B-D98116F66D83" class="" src="cid:9F91B532-16D1-4340-84E0-22AF72E53385"><img apple-inline="yes" id="2DC1A453-775D-4F01-89A3-61F14D2096E7" class="" src="cid:72C295D3-20AC-4C6A-8663-43BFD8F17041"><img apple-inline="yes" id="401B1EB6-AE49-431A-937A-EBA3A89DDCD9" class="" src="cid:E238628C-4C39-4E56-ACE3-CF6117F606AE"><img apple-inline="yes" id="86586F88-3C2D-4E42-AF41-38CA29CAB398" class="" src="cid:39D9596B-ED48-4C65-8AD8-01A8A333792C"><img apple-inline="yes" id="85C7A53C-9B78-4912-A2CE-0EE08605EDAF" class="" src="cid:282A0232-7B9F-449F-8849-7AE86A17B399"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;" class=""> </span></p>
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