‘It’s a wheel, it’s a wheel!’ – photos of Curiosity’s mission to Mars
NASA’S mission to Mars is go! The mega-millions Curiosity rover is now roving Mars. The first photo beamed back is snapshot of the rover’s shadow. We live in the age of celebrity and self-promotion. You might laugh as the photo is spotted and heralded by the line that will reverberate down generations: “It’s a wheel, it’s a wheel!”
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NASA engineers stand by Mars Science Laboratory's partially assembled aeroshell, a conical shell that will help protect the rover Curiosity, a robot the size of a car, from the searing temperatures of atmospheric entry when it lands on Mars, seen at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., Monday, April 4, 2011. NASA's Curiosity's aeroshell is the largest ever built for space flight. It makes up the rover's 15-foot (4.5-meter) wide aero shell larger than those used with previous Mars rovers and even than the shell used for NASA's Apollo spacecraft that ferried astronauts back from the moon. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Posted: 6th, August 2012 | In: Technology Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
