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Mystery Blur in Mars Image Explained

August 11, 2012

Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter When Curiosity executed a perfect six-wheel landing on Mars on the morning of August 6 to the excitement of millions worldwide — not to mention quite a few engineers and scientists at JPL — it immediately began relaying images back to [...]

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Curiosity Precisely on Course at T Minus 48 Hours till a ‘Priceless Asset’ Lands on Mars

August 4, 2012

At this moment the mega rover Curiosity is barely 48 hours from Mars and transformation into a “priceless asset” on the Red Planet’s surface where she’ll initiate the search for evidence for habitats of Martian microbial life – past or present. NASA JPL engineers have guided the Curiosity Mars Science Lab (MSL) so precisely on [...]

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4 Days to Mars: Curiosity activates Entry, Descent and Landing Timeline – EDL Infographic

August 1, 2012

It’s 4 Days to Mars – and NASA’s Curiosity Mars Science Lab (MSL) spacecraft is now flying under the control of the crafts autonomous entry, descent and landing timeline and picking up speed as she plunges ever faster to the Red Planet and her Rendezvous with Destiny. “Timeline activated. Bleep-bop. I’m running entry, descent & [...]

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Curiosity Completes Crucial Course Correction – 1 Week from Mars !

July 30, 2012

Image Caption: Course correcting thruster firings on July 29 successfully placed Curiosity on target to touchdown beside Mount Sharp inside Gale Crater on Mars on Aug 6 in search of signs of a habitable environment. Credit: NASA Now just 1 week out from landing beside a 3 mile high (5 km) layered Martian mountain in [...]

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Integrating New Concepts for Entry, Descent and Landing for Future Human Missions to Mars

July 3, 2012

Editor’s note: This guest post was written by Andy Tomaswick, an electrical engineer who follows space science and technology. One of the most technically difficult tasks of any future manned missions to Mars is to get the astronauts safely on the ground. The combination of the high speed needed for a short trip in space [...]

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