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The Mars Rover Curiosity's Seven Minutes of Terror

by Oh yes I am ― 41 weeks ago

Oh yes I am ― NASA's most high-tech Mars rover on Sunday zeroed in on the red planet where it will attempt a tricky celestial gymnastics routine during a "seven minutes of terror" plummet through the atmosphere. Curiosity, the car-size, one-ton rover is bound for arrival on Mars at 1:31 a.m., EDT on Monday, Aug. 6. The landing will mark the beginning of a two-year prime mission to investigate one of the most intriguing places on Mars. ∙ Click here to read the rest of the post .