News on Mars-missions
- 3D model of the Mars rovers completed
- Mars orbiter 10 years anniversary
- Mission to search for life on Saturn-moon proposed
- Planned NASA/European Mars-mission InSigth
- New images of old Mars-lander
- Food and diet for a Mars-mission
- Mars rover begins 9th year of Mars work
- Russian Mars probe crashes
- Mars rover to spend winter at 'Greeley Haven'
- Mars-bound rover begins research in space
- Euopean autonomous Mars-rover being developed
- European scientist play key-role
- No new contact with Russaian Phobos-Grunt spacecraft
- Curiousity heading for Mars
- The Curiosity rover's journey to Mars
- Launch for Mars Science Lab saturday
- Car-sized Mars rover ready for launch nov 25
- Curiosity rover could conclude the water question
- Microbe risk when rover wheels hit Martian dirt
- Epic search for life heats up with focus on new high-tech
- Mars-rover approaches large crater
- NASA announces news briefing on Mars science findings
- Landing site selected for next Mars-rover
- NASA will soon decide on where to land
- The long jorney of the curiosity rover to Mars
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Follow the Curiosity-rover descent and land on Mars
Thursday, 07 April 2011 12:12
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NASA's JPL has released an amazing video of the upcomming launch, descent and landing of the Mars-rover Curiosity.
The most striking difference from previous Mars missions is the breaking and descent manouver. Because of the larger weight and sensitivity of the larger rover, it can not bounce on air-bag ballons as the smaller present rovers did. Instead it will aerobrake using a heat-shield, followed by a parachute, and then separate from the interplanetary shielding to land in a "helicopter" style using rockets. |