Thursday, September 13, 2012

Photo Essay on Curiosity

On August 6th, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) successfully landed the mobile laboratory Curiosity on the surface of Mars. This astounding feat was made possible by the teams of scientists and engineers working around the clock to ensure the safe landing of the rover. While Curiosity itself has been in the news recently, those who made Curiosity even remotely feasible have been largely overlooked.

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This shows Curiosity propped up, as the preliminary chassis of the rover is being built.


Nasa TV
This photo shows the construction of Curiosity; you can see the engineers "scrubbed" up in the background.

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Things were tense before the landing; peanuts were passed around as a good luck charm


And touchdown!
Nasa TV
The engineering team cheering as Curiosity lands.
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Curiosity's first photo beamed back to Earth.






lots of photos

lots of photos of team + gif of landing
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