Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover Animation
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Uploaded by JPLnews on Jun 24, 2011
This 11-minute animation depicts key events of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission, which will launch in late 2011 and land a rover, Curiosity, on Mars in August 2012. A shorter 4-minute version of this animation, with narration, is also available on our youtube page.
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boy, those scientists sure know how to make a thrilling video.
1 month ago 15
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it would have been cool if fuel wasn't a problem and the rover could just hover about all the time :)
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Meanwhile on Mars...
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watching this for school :D
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THIS IS PROOF RIGHT HERE!!!! Aliens are filming us! how else could we get this video? Now we just need to find out who the aliens are sending these videos to so that we can trap one next time they make a delivery!
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So this rover doesn´t use solar panels like the Spirit and Opportunity. Why they changed it ?
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@oomblikkies the solar cells are just to power the computers/provide electricity for the spacecraft
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@oomblikkies what solar cells? the rover uses uranium as fuel
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Why was that array of solar cells mounted on a separate module and not on the back of the decent stage? Some thrusters will help with the steering (sideways movement) during entry, but the heat shield is solid, which means Curiosity will be "blind" and thus have no real steering during decent to assure an accurate landing. Is this remark correct?
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Have there been any advancements in transmission technologies in that a video stream can be provided to NASA by MSL?
exoxe 3 days ago
@exoxe The Mast Camera, or Mastcam, will take color images and color video footage. Mastcam can take high-definition video at 10 frames per second and has an internal data buffer for storing several hours of video footage for transmission to Earth.
JPLnews 3 days ago
i thought it was supposed to go underground and explore whats below???
sk8boardn101 1 month ago
@sk8boardn101 Curiosity will explore the surface of Mars. She will analyze samples drilled from rocks or scooped from the ground, investigating whether conditions have been favorable for microbial life and for preserving clues in the rocks about possible past life.
JPLnews 1 month ago