Curiosity Lands on Mars!

Borg

Heat shield striking the ground

Curiosity landing:

Dotini

Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy has now been used for the first time in interplanetary exploration:
http://science.nasa.gov/science-news...ug_curiosity3/

Respectfully submitted,
Steve

Drakkith

Quote by Dotini

Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy has now been used for the first time in interplanetary exploration:
http://science.nasa.gov/science-news...ug_curiosity3/

Respectfully submitted,
Steve

Nice! According to the article the signal to noise ratio of the instrument is even better on Mars than it is on Earth.

surajt88

Curiosity suffers its first glitch. It got its wind sensor damaged possibly by debris thrown up during the powered descent. Not a major damage though.

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Borg Blog Entries: 1 Recognitions: Gold Member	Curiosity Lands on Mars! Heat shield striking the ground Curiosity landing:

Dotini Recognitions: Gold Member	Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy has now been used for the first time in interplanetary exploration: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news...ug_curiosity3/ Respectfully submitted, Steve

surajt88 Recognitions: Gold Member	Curiosity suffers its first glitch. It got its wind sensor damaged possibly by debris thrown up during the powered descent. Not a major damage though.