Sunday, August 05, 2012

Challenges of Getting to Mars: Curiosity's Seven Minutes of Terror

What does it take to land the Curiosity rover on the surface of Mars? A heat shield, a parachute, rocket engines and the skycrane maneuver.


Planned touchdown is for August 6, at 1:31 a.m. ET Monday  morning (10:31 p.m. PT August 5, Sunday night).
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