NASA MSL: Curiosity’s Diary - Six Months on Mars PDF
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On August 6, 2012, NASA’s Curiosity spacecraft completed its 255-day,
354-million-mile journey and plunged down into Mars at Gale Crater,
decelerating from 13,200 to 0 mph in 7 dramatic and suspenseful minutes.
The whole world watched the thrilling success of the most complicated
and precise landing ever undertaken.
What happen after the exhilarating landing?
This book covers Curiosity’s first six months on the red planet from the highly successful landing, through system checks and into the exploration and science of the Martian mission. Best of all it contains over 50 full color photos of the Martian surface.
With its rover named Curiosity, Mars Science Laboratory mission is part of NASA's Mars Exploration Program, a long-term effort of robotic exploration of the red planet. Curiosity is designed to assess whether Mars ever had an environment able to support small life forms called microbes. In other words, its mission is to determine the planet's "habitability." To find out, the rover carries the biggest, most advanced suite of instruments for scientific studies ever sent to the Martian surface. The rover analyzes samples scooped from the soil and drilled from rocks. The onboard laboratory studies rocks, soils, and the local geologic setting in order to detect chemical building blocks of life on Mars and will assess what the Martian environment was like in the past.
This book contains comprehensive coverage of all aspects of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) and its Curiosity rover. There is complete data on the MSL mission, science investigations, historical Mars missions, the Gale Crater landing site, and the radioisotope nuclear power source. Over 50 photos and illustrations, most in full color. Hyperlinked table of contents for easy navigation.
What happen after the exhilarating landing?
This book covers Curiosity’s first six months on the red planet from the highly successful landing, through system checks and into the exploration and science of the Martian mission. Best of all it contains over 50 full color photos of the Martian surface.
With its rover named Curiosity, Mars Science Laboratory mission is part of NASA's Mars Exploration Program, a long-term effort of robotic exploration of the red planet. Curiosity is designed to assess whether Mars ever had an environment able to support small life forms called microbes. In other words, its mission is to determine the planet's "habitability." To find out, the rover carries the biggest, most advanced suite of instruments for scientific studies ever sent to the Martian surface. The rover analyzes samples scooped from the soil and drilled from rocks. The onboard laboratory studies rocks, soils, and the local geologic setting in order to detect chemical building blocks of life on Mars and will assess what the Martian environment was like in the past.
This book contains comprehensive coverage of all aspects of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) and its Curiosity rover. There is complete data on the MSL mission, science investigations, historical Mars missions, the Gale Crater landing site, and the radioisotope nuclear power source. Over 50 photos and illustrations, most in full color. Hyperlinked table of contents for easy navigation.
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