Sub-Orbital Space Flights & Satellite Exploration
Animation of entry/descent/landing sequence of the JPL Mars Science Laboratory, which will launch in fall 2011 and arrive at Mars in 2012.
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Scheduled to launch in the fall of 2009, Mars Science Laboratory is part of nasa’s Mars Exploration Program, a long-term effort of robotic exploration of the red planet. Mars Science Laboratory is a rover that will assess whether Mars ever was, or is still today, an environment able to support microbial life. In other words, its mission is to determine the planet’s “habitability.”
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NASA is working on a 2009 Mars mission to set down a sophisticated, large, mobile laboratory using a precision landing that will make many of Mars’ most intriguing regions viable destinations for the first time. Once on the ground, the Mars Science Laboratory would analyze dozens of samples scooped from the soil and cored from rocks as it explores with greater range than any previous Mars rover. See phoenixonmars.wordpress.com for more Mars related updates. Video courtesy of NASA
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The rover’s rocker-bogie suspension system has little difficulty negotiating rocks that are twice the diameter of its wheels. (Part 1 of 2) Recorded at the opening of the newly remodeled Mars Yard at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory on June 19, 2007, the “scarecrow” model of Mars Science Laboratory (so named because it “has no brain” is put through its paces. It was demonstrated to have no difficulty climbing meter-sized boulders, but to avoid risk the actual rover will not be driven over rocks …
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Here, it turns in place, then rolls forward a little, with one wheel climbing up a rock. Note that the body doesn’t tilt at all as the wheel climbs the rock. Recorded at the opening of the newly remodeled Mars Yard at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory on June 19, 2007, the “scarecrow” model of Mars Science Laboratory (so named because it “has no brain” is put through its paces. It was demonstrated to have no difficulty climbing meter-sized boulders, but to avoid risk the actual rover will not be …
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NASA has selected the winner of its rover-naming contest based on the quality of student essays, name preferences of the Mars Science Project leaders and a non-binding public poll. The online poll received more than 65000 votes worldwide. The winner receives a trip to NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., where she will be invited to sign her name directly onto the rover as it is being assembled.
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to ever see, this is just a piece of what I’ve managed to find. It’s quite shocking. It might literally change the way you read books, about astronauts and space, telescopes, radiometers, and what not. mcfartnuggets.blogspot.com … NASA Footage Outer Space Astronaut Cosmonaut Galaxy Hubble Telescope International Spacestation Earth Venus Mars Mercury Stars Quasar Nebula Phasers Microgravity Science Laboratory STS PreLaunch Breakfast MSL Mission Patch Launch Discovery Shuttle Intergalactic …
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MSL – Mars Science Laboratory – EDL (Entry, Descent and Landing). Original video can be found at marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov in various formats.
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MSL animation showing what it will do on Mars. Made by NASA.
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NASA has selected the winner of its rover-naming contest based on the quality of student essays, name preferences of the Mars Science Project leaders and a non-binding public poll. The online poll received more than 65000 votes worldwide. The winner receives a trip to NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., where she will be invited to sign her name directly onto the rover as it is being assembled.
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