Wednesday, 8 August 2012

Mars Orbiter finds final resting places for Curiosity's parachute, sky crane

MRO finds Curiosity's landing gear

Nasa's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has captured an image that shows where Curiosity, and its various bits of landing gear, touched down in the Martian Gale Crater.


The picture, snapped by the orbiter's High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE), reveals the final fate for the four components that helped Curiosity survive its nail-biting, seven-minute descent.


By: Mark Brown, Edited by: Duncan Geere


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via Wired.co.uk



http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-08/08/mro-finds-curiosity-bits

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