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Mars Curiosity Rover a malfunction or safe landing?
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<blockquote data-quote="Opmmur" data-source="post: 55104" data-attributes="member: 13"><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><a href="http://www.messagetoeagle.com/curiositymartianlanding.php" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: black">artian Landing In Focus:</span></strong></a></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #ffffff"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Curiosity Is Approaching The Red Planet </strong></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #ffffff"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">5 August, 2012</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #ffffff">For the moment everything goes according to the plans and Curiosity is preparing to land on the Red Planet in some hours. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ffffff">Many of our readers have asked about the landing where, when and how to follow Curiosity's descent. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ffffff">We go through all you need to know to follow the event! </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ffffff"><strong>When will Curiosity land?</strong> </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ffffff">You can begin with finding out the ETA in your time zone. You can use <a href="http://timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=NASA+Curiosity+Mars+Rover+Landing&iso=20120805T2230&p1=137" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ffffff"><strong>this time chart to locate your city and check the time of the landing</strong></span></a>. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ffffff">Curiosity is bound for arrival on Mars the evening of Aug. 5, 2012, PDT (early Aug. 6, EDT and Universal Time). </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ffffff"><strong>Where can I watch the Curiosity landing live online?</strong> </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ffffff">You will be able to watch the event online at: </span></p><p><span style="color: #ffffff"><a href="http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ffffff"><strong>mars.jpl.nasa.gov</strong></span></a> </span><span style="color: #ffffff"><a href="http://www.nasa.gov/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ffffff"><strong>nasa.gov (NASA TV)</strong></span></a> </span><span style="color: #ffffff"><a href="http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ffffff"><strong>jpl.nasa.gov (Ustream)</strong></span></a></span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><img src="http://www.messagetoeagle.com/images/curiositydescent.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><span style="color: #ffffff"><em>Gale Crater on Mars. Image credit: NASA</em></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ffffff">The target lading area is the ellipse marked on this image of Gale Crater. The ellipse is about 12 miles long and 4 miles wide (20 kilometers by 7 kilometers).</span></p><p> </p><p><img src="http://www.messagetoeagle.com/images/galecrater4.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><span style="color: #ffffff"><em>Galre Crater. Image credit: NASA</em></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ffffff">Gale Crater is 154 km wide and is located at latitude 5.4 degrees south and longitude 137.9 degrees east</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ffffff">If landing goes well, the mission's rover, Curiosity, will drive in subsequent months to science destinations on Mount Sharp, outside of the landing ellipse.</span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><img src="http://www.messagetoeagle.com/images/galecrater3.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><span style="color: #ffffff"><em>Image credit: NASA</em></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ffffff">Oblique view of Mount Sharp inside Gale Crater, with the original and revised landing ellipses marked.</span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ffffff"><strong>What kind of cameras is Curiosity equipped with?</strong></span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><img src="http://www.messagetoeagle.com/images/curiositycameras.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><span style="color: #ffffff"><em>Image credit:NASA</em></span></p><p> </p><p>T<span style="color: #ffffff">his graphic shows the locations of the cameras on NASA's Curiosity rover. The rover's mast features seven cameras: the Remote Micro Imager, part of the Chemistry and Camera suite; four black-and-white Navigation Cameras (two on the left and two on the right) and two color Mast Cameras (Mastcams). The left Mastcam has a 34-millimeter lens and the right Mastcam has a 100-millimeter lens.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ffffff">There is one camera on the end of a robotic arm that is stowed in this graphic; it is called the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI).</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ffffff">There are nine cameras hard-mounted to the rover: two pairs of black-and-white Hazard Avoidance Cameras in the front, another two pair mounted to the rear of the rover, (dashed arrows in the graphic) and the color Mars Descent Imager (MARDI).</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ffffff"><strong>Why does NASA call the landing Seven Minutes of Terror?</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: #ffffff">The Curiosity landing is the hardest NASA mission ever attempted in the history of robotic</span></p><p><span style="color: #ffffff">planetary exploration.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ffffff">During a critical period lasting only about seven minutes, the Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft carrying Curiosity must decelerate from about 13,200 mph (about 5,900 meters per second) to allow the rover to land on the surface at about 1.7 mph (three-fourths of a meter per second).</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ffffff">"Those seven minutes are the most challenging part of this entire mission," said Pete Theisinger, the mission's project manager at JPL.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ffffff">"For the landing to succeed, hundreds of events will need to go right, many with split-second timing and all controlled autonomously by the spacecraft. We've done all we can think of to succeed.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ffffff">We expect to get Curiosity safely onto the ground, but there is no guarantee. The risks are real."</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ffffff">[media=youtube]WvRuHQ15lSI[/media]</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ffffff">[media=youtube]oHLbXTOaw7w[/media]</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Opmmur, post: 55104, member: 13"] [CENTER][FONT=Arial][URL='http://www.messagetoeagle.com/curiositymartianlanding.php'][B][COLOR=black]artian Landing In Focus:[/COLOR][/B][/URL][/FONT][/CENTER] [CENTER][COLOR=#ffffff][FONT=Arial][B]Curiosity Is Approaching The Red Planet [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/CENTER] [CENTER][COLOR=#ffffff][FONT=Arial]5 August, 2012[/FONT][/COLOR][/CENTER] [COLOR=#ffffff]For the moment everything goes according to the plans and Curiosity is preparing to land on the Red Planet in some hours. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#ffffff]Many of our readers have asked about the landing where, when and how to follow Curiosity's descent. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#ffffff]We go through all you need to know to follow the event! [/COLOR] [COLOR=#ffffff][B]When will Curiosity land?[/B] [/COLOR] [COLOR=#ffffff]You can begin with finding out the ETA in your time zone. You can use [URL='http://timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=NASA+Curiosity+Mars+Rover+Landing&iso=20120805T2230&p1=137'][COLOR=#ffffff][B]this time chart to locate your city and check the time of the landing[/B][/COLOR][/URL]. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#ffffff]Curiosity is bound for arrival on Mars the evening of Aug. 5, 2012, PDT (early Aug. 6, EDT and Universal Time). [/COLOR] [COLOR=#ffffff][B]Where can I watch the Curiosity landing live online?[/B] [/COLOR] [COLOR=#ffffff]You will be able to watch the event online at: [/COLOR] [COLOR=#ffffff][URL='http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/'][COLOR=#ffffff][B]mars.jpl.nasa.gov[/B][/COLOR][/URL] [/COLOR][COLOR=#ffffff][URL='http://www.nasa.gov/'][COLOR=#ffffff][B]nasa.gov (NASA TV)[/B][/COLOR][/URL] [/COLOR][COLOR=#ffffff][URL='http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/'][COLOR=#ffffff][B]jpl.nasa.gov (Ustream)[/B][/COLOR][/URL][/COLOR] [IMG]http://www.messagetoeagle.com/images/curiositydescent.jpg[/IMG] [COLOR=#ffffff][I]Gale Crater on Mars. Image credit: NASA[/I][/COLOR] [COLOR=#ffffff]The target lading area is the ellipse marked on this image of Gale Crater. The ellipse is about 12 miles long and 4 miles wide (20 kilometers by 7 kilometers).[/COLOR] [IMG]http://www.messagetoeagle.com/images/galecrater4.jpg[/IMG] [COLOR=#ffffff][I]Galre Crater. Image credit: NASA[/I][/COLOR] [COLOR=#ffffff]Gale Crater is 154 km wide and is located at latitude 5.4 degrees south and longitude 137.9 degrees east[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ffffff]If landing goes well, the mission's rover, Curiosity, will drive in subsequent months to science destinations on Mount Sharp, outside of the landing ellipse.[/COLOR] [IMG]http://www.messagetoeagle.com/images/galecrater3.jpg[/IMG] [COLOR=#ffffff][I]Image credit: NASA[/I][/COLOR] [COLOR=#ffffff]Oblique view of Mount Sharp inside Gale Crater, with the original and revised landing ellipses marked.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ffffff][B]What kind of cameras is Curiosity equipped with?[/B][/COLOR] [IMG]http://www.messagetoeagle.com/images/curiositycameras.jpg[/IMG] [COLOR=#ffffff][I]Image credit:NASA[/I][/COLOR] T[COLOR=#ffffff]his graphic shows the locations of the cameras on NASA's Curiosity rover. The rover's mast features seven cameras: the Remote Micro Imager, part of the Chemistry and Camera suite; four black-and-white Navigation Cameras (two on the left and two on the right) and two color Mast Cameras (Mastcams). The left Mastcam has a 34-millimeter lens and the right Mastcam has a 100-millimeter lens.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ffffff]There is one camera on the end of a robotic arm that is stowed in this graphic; it is called the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI).[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ffffff]There are nine cameras hard-mounted to the rover: two pairs of black-and-white Hazard Avoidance Cameras in the front, another two pair mounted to the rear of the rover, (dashed arrows in the graphic) and the color Mars Descent Imager (MARDI).[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ffffff][B]Why does NASA call the landing Seven Minutes of Terror?[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=#ffffff]The Curiosity landing is the hardest NASA mission ever attempted in the history of robotic[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ffffff]planetary exploration.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ffffff]During a critical period lasting only about seven minutes, the Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft carrying Curiosity must decelerate from about 13,200 mph (about 5,900 meters per second) to allow the rover to land on the surface at about 1.7 mph (three-fourths of a meter per second).[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ffffff]"Those seven minutes are the most challenging part of this entire mission," said Pete Theisinger, the mission's project manager at JPL.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ffffff]"For the landing to succeed, hundreds of events will need to go right, many with split-second timing and all controlled autonomously by the spacecraft. We've done all we can think of to succeed.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ffffff]We expect to get Curiosity safely onto the ground, but there is no guarantee. The risks are real."[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ffffff][media=youtube]WvRuHQ15lSI[/media][/COLOR] [COLOR=#ffffff][media=youtube]oHLbXTOaw7w[/media][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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