The Rover has landed; images are available at the JPL/NASA site:
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2012-231
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html
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NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory mission has delivered the nearly 2,000-pound (1-ton), car-size robotic roving laboratory to the surface of Mars on Aug. 5th. Curiosity’s landing marks the start of a two-year prime mission to investigate whether one of the most intriguing places on Mars ever has offered an environment favorable for microbial life.
The seven minutes of terrors explained in a YouTube video by team members of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory share the challenges of the Curiosity Mars rover’s final minutes to landing on the surface of Mars.
The JPL NASA site has a fun feature for kids … 0-13, 14 and older, including an Application for Martian Citizenship: http://beamartian.jpl.nasa.gov/account/register
Additional activities include more games: http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/participate/
Curiosity’s Journey
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Gale Crater
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This 3D interactive experience uses the Unity game engine. It enables delivery of a 3D terrain map of Gale Crater, where Curiosity will land, as well as a 3D model of the rover so you can follow along as if you were there.
Try your own skills in facing the extreme challenges of landing a rover on Mars! This experience uses the Kinect motion sensor on the Xbox 360, Microsoft’s home entertainment console. Mars Rover Landing is freely available in the Xbox Live Marketplace and Kinect Central.
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