Sunday, August 5, 2012

Curosity Rover to Land on Mars

I visited the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, CA and watched the Curiosity rover being built.  Here are some photos of the clean room in which the craft was being assembled:


[I haven't found them yet.]


At 8:30 p.m. PDT, JPL promises to begin streaming live coverage of the landing.  At approximately 10:30 p.m. PDT, Curiosity is due to touch down on the surface of Mars.  Here is the site that promises to stream live coverage of tonight's landing.


Here and here are links to the official NASA pages describing the vehicle.


Here is an article from the New York Times on the upcoming Mars landing.
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14 comments:

  1. MarkAugust 5, 2012 at 1:16 PM

    A live stream of Mars? That could be pretty damn cool until they find the stuff they aren't supposed to.

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  2. OutcastAugust 5, 2012 at 1:42 PM

    This is so cool man, I can't wait to see the Mars landing itself. Thanks so much for introducing me to Lemmings by the way, I honestly can't get enough of playing it.

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  3. duffboiAugust 5, 2012 at 5:55 PM

    I had heard about this landing sometime recently. Kewl stuff.

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  4. D4August 5, 2012 at 11:15 PM

    I got to it late. I was writing and I finished RIGHT when it landed.

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  5. ShawAugust 6, 2012 at 12:43 AM

    This is pretty cool, now we have pics of dust and rocks... yeah.

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    1. ShawAugust 10, 2012 at 12:26 AM

      first color pic has been released! of more sand and rocks...

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  6. A Beer for the ShowerAugust 6, 2012 at 6:57 AM

    Grah, I missed it, but I did want to see it. Off to find video.

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  7. JaclynAugust 6, 2012 at 7:38 PM

    Omg, how awesome!!! I have to look this uppp :)

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  8. Lynda R Young as Elle CardyAugust 7, 2012 at 1:31 AM

    It's super awesome. I loved all the cheers from the tech guys.

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  9. smAugust 9, 2012 at 3:44 PM

    yes finally it landed and just now nasa released color pics

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  10. AguiLeon.comAugust 10, 2012 at 1:36 AM

    live stream cool nice share

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  11. PAPSAugust 11, 2012 at 8:57 AM

    Hmmm... was not sure what you were talking about first.
    www.thoughtsofpaps.com

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  12. UnknownAugust 19, 2012 at 7:07 PM

    I'm loving the HD pictures it has been sending back.

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  13. AnonymousAugust 20, 2012 at 1:03 AM

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