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May 31, 2013
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Challenges of Landing "Curiosity" on Mars
On August 5, 2012, one of the most challenging technical endeavors ever undertaken by NASA was achieved flawlessly. After an eight-year design and development and a nine-month cruise, a car-sized rover named Curiosity, carrying a dozen scientific instruments, was "sky craned" on the surface of Mars. This talk reviews the technical challenges and engineering steps, which were undertaken to accomplish this feat and describes the performance of Curiosity over the last six months, as well as the scientific results so far.
Credit: NSF. Videos within presentation courtesy of NASA
Images and other media in the National Science Foundation Multimedia Gallery are available for use in print and electronic material by NSF employees, members of the media, university staff, teachers and the general public. All media in the gallery are intended for personal, educational and nonprofit/non-commercial use only.
Videos credited to the National Science Foundation, an agency of the U.S. Government, may be distributed freely. However, some materials within the videos may be copyrighted. If you would like to use portions of NSF-produced programs in another product, please contact the Video Team in the Office of Legislative and Public Affairs at the National Science Foundation.
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