On Sunday night (and the wee hours of Monday morning), engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA will attempt to land the Mars Science Laboratory rover Curiosity on the surface of Mars. If the daring and complex landing plan goes right, Curiosity will enter the red planet's atmosphere, slow its descent by releasing [...]
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Video link: An artist's animation of how MSL and Curiosity Rover will land on Mars. Courtesy NASA JPL. This week, Boing Boing visited NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory for a peek inside the clean room where NASA's next Mars rover, Cu... Read Post
This week, Boing Boing was invited to visit NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory for the first and only opportunity for media to enter the Pasadena, CA clean room where NASA's next Mars rover, Curiosity, and other components of the Mars... Read Post
Scientists at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory describe the incredibly complex and harrowing landing sequence of the rover Curiosity, which is scheduled to touchdown on Mars August 5th. Thanks NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory! Read Post