astronomyblog:(Officiel NASA Trailer. This animation shows the major mission events of the Curiosity
astronomyblog:(Officiel NASA Trailer. This animation shows the major mission events of the Curiosity rover’s landing on Mars.) Curiosity OverviewWith 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.As established by the Mars Exploration Program, the main scientific goals of the MSL mission are to help determine whether Mars could ever have supported life, as well as determining the role of water, and to study the climate and geology of Mars. The mission will also help prepare for human exploration.Curiosity was launched from Cape Canaveral on November 26, 2011, at 15:02 UTC aboard the MSL spacecraft and landed on Aeolis Palus in Gale Crater on Mars on August 6, 2012, 05:17 UTC.Images: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Source: NASA & Wikipedia -- source link