Curiosity celebrates 10 years on Mars
This complex, car-sized rover remains one of our best tools on the martian surface.
Source: astronomy.com
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Sensors Collect Crucial Data on Mars Landings With Arrival of Perseverance – NASA's Mars Exploration Program
Sensors Collect Crucial Data on Mars Landings With Arrival of Perseverance MEDLI2 Visible on Mars 2020 Heat Shield: The Mars 2020 spacecraft’s heat shield falls away as the aeroshell descends to Mars on Feb. 18, 2021. The orange cabling seen on the shield is part of a suite of sensors and electronics called MEDLI2, which collects data during the descent that will help engineers land future spacecraft on Mars. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech. Download image › MEDLI2 was one of the crucial technologies onboard the rover’s protective aeroshell that helped document the entry, descent, and landing ...
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NASA Langley catches its breath after Mars rover touchdown — then gets back to work
NORFOLK, Va. (Tribune News Service) — A puddle, melted into a chair. That’s how Henry Wright, a rover project manager at NASA Langley, described his condition after Thursday’s nail-biter touchdown of the Perseverance on Mars. The local research center was heavily involved in the final challenge of the rover’s 6½-month journey: Getting the complex, car-sized robot on the ground in one functioning piece. Known as EDL — for entry, descent and landing — it’s the most hazardous point of the mission, when the vehicle that’s carried the rover nearly 300 million miles transforms ...
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