Mars Science Laboratory - Curiosity
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Aakash Bhowmick
Feb 5, 2012, 3:10:27 PM2/5/12
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NASA's latest rover to Mars named, Curiosity, is currently on it's way to the Red Planet. Just in case you are 'curious' about the current location of Curiosity, you can keep track of it's daily position here : http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/mission/whereistherovernow/ . I personally find it pretty interesting to be able to monitor a live mission in realtime.
Even while on it's way, it has already begun it's work and is accumulating data regarding radiation in space. It was launched on November 26th, 2011 and is expected to reach it's landing spot on Aug 5th, 2012.
I was pretty young when Spirit and Endeavour were launched, so I wasn't able to keep track of any of it. This might be a good opportunity for all of us to see a Mars mission completely because, as far as I know, another Mars mission is not scheduled anytime in the near future considering NASA's recent budget cuts.
Aakash S. Bhowmick,
Undergraduate Student,
Indian Institute of Technology,
Kharagpur, W.B. - 721302.
Even while on it's way, it has already begun it's work and is accumulating data regarding radiation in space. It was launched on November 26th, 2011 and is expected to reach it's landing spot on Aug 5th, 2012.
I was pretty young when Spirit and Endeavour were launched, so I wasn't able to keep track of any of it. This might be a good opportunity for all of us to see a Mars mission completely because, as far as I know, another Mars mission is not scheduled anytime in the near future considering NASA's recent budget cuts.
Aakash S. Bhowmick,
Undergraduate Student,
Indian Institute of Technology,
Kharagpur, W.B. - 721302.
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