Ever wanted to know how NASA will land a car-sized robot on Mars? It's pretty complicated--and a little scary.
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I'm safely on the surface of Mars. GALE CRATER I AM IN YOU!!! # MSL — Curiosity Rover (@MarsCuriosity) August 6, 2012 NASA pulled off its most complicated Mars explorer landing ever, which has been called Seven Minutes of Terror. Th... Read Post
On August 5, NASA's Mars Curiosity Rover team will live seven minutes of absolute terror. Until then, however, they are all playing this new Kinect-based Mars Rover Landing game. Or hopefully not, because that would probably make th... Read Post
On Sunday night, NASA will land a nuclear-powered six-wheeled rover the size of a Mini Cooper with a radioactive heart and rock-vaporizing laser to the surface of Mars. Here's how to follow along. Read Post