Curiosity Rover - The Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) 2011

Watch how the new Curiosity rover will land on Mars from launch to using a new innovative sky-crane to touch down on the red planet:


Uploaded by Meatspinner98 on Apr 10, 2011

Steven Lee, the guidance, navigation, and control manager for the Mars Science Laboratory mission at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, in Pasadena, Calif., describes how NASA plans to land and navigate [Entry, Descent & Landing (EDL )sequence] its new Curiosity rover on the surface of Mars in 2012.

Uploaded by spectrummag on Jan 4, 2011
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