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Dropping in on Mars: A Rover's-Eye View

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Posted 10 August 2012 - 07:00 PM

This is an updated version of Curiosity's descent to Mars, with more frames, hence it is a smoother video. The original version can be found here: Curiosity's Descent.




Dropping in on Mars: A Rover's-Eye View

This movie from NASA's Curiosity rover shows all the "thumbnail" frames acquired by the Mars Descent Imager between the jettison of the heat shield and touchdown. The video, obtained on Aug. 5 PDT (Aug. 6 EDT), covers the last two and one-half minutes before touchdown in Gale Crater.

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech  › Curiosity's mission site

Source: NASA - Multimedia
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