orb
New member
- Joined
- Oct 30, 2009
- Messages
- 14,020
- Reaction score
- 4
- Points
- 0
Updates Mars Science Laboratory (Curiosity)
- Thread starter Unstung
- Start date
Notebook
Addon Developer
- Joined
- Nov 20, 2007
- Messages
- 11,826
- Reaction score
- 644
- Points
- 188
Screamer7
Member
How long before MSL enter Mars SOI?
orb
New member
- Joined
- Oct 30, 2009
- Messages
- 14,020
- Reaction score
- 4
- Points
- 0
orb
New member
- Joined
- Oct 30, 2009
- Messages
- 14,020
- Reaction score
- 4
- Points
- 0
The Planetary Society Blog: When will we see Curiosity's first images?
orb
New member
- Joined
- Oct 30, 2009
- Messages
- 14,020
- Reaction score
- 4
- Points
- 0
Wil "Wesley Crusher" Wheaton talks about Curiosity on NASAtelevision's video:
JPLnews:
SPACE.com: Mars Rover Curiosity's Landing Site: Gale Crater (Infographic)
JPLnews:
SPACE.com: Mars Rover Curiosity's Landing Site: Gale Crater (Infographic)
orb
New member
- Joined
- Oct 30, 2009
- Messages
- 14,020
- Reaction score
- 4
- Points
- 0
NASA / NASA JPL:
Mars Orbiter Repositioned to Phone Home Mars Landing
July 24, 2012
PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft has successfully adjusted its orbital location to be in a better position to provide prompt confirmation of the August landing of the Curiosity rover.
NASA's Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft carrying Curiosity can send limited information directly to Earth as it enters Mars' atmosphere. Before the landing, Earth will set below the Martian horizon from the descending spacecraft's perspective, ending that direct route of communication. Odyssey will help to speed up the indirect communication process.
NASA reported during a July 16 news conference that Odyssey, which originally was planned to provide a near-real-time communication link with Curiosity, had entered safe mode July 11. This situation would have affected communication operations, but not the rover's landing. Without a repositioning maneuver, Odyssey would have arrived over the landing area about two minutes after Curiosity landed.
A spacecraft thruster burn Tuesday, July 24, lasting about six seconds has nudged Odyssey about six minutes ahead in its orbit. Odyssey is now operating normally, and confirmation of Curiosity's landing is expected to reach Earth at about 10:31 p.m. PDT on Aug. 5 (early Aug. 6, EDT and Universal Time), as originally planned.
"Information we are receiving indicates the maneuver has completed as planned," said Mars Odyssey Project Manager Gaylon McSmith of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. "Odyssey has been working at Mars longer than any other spacecraft, so it is appropriate that it has a special role in supporting the newest arrival."
Two other Mars orbiters, NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and the European Space Agency's Mars Express, also will be in position to receive radio transmissions from the Mars Science Laboratory during its descent. However, they will be recording information for later playback, not relaying it immediately, as only Odyssey can.
{...}
NASA News Release: RELEASE : 12-255 - NASA Mars Orbiter Repositioned to Phone Home Mars Landing
SpaceRef: Mars Odyssey Moved to Relay Curiosity Landing Data
CBS News Space: Orbiter nudged back into position to cover upcoming Mars landing
SPACE.com: NASA Moves Old Spacecraft to Track New Mars Rover's Landing
Spaceflight Now: Odyssey nudged into position to hear Curiosity's landing
Aviation Week: Mars Odyssey Repositioned For Better MSL Comms Relay
Mars Orbiter Repositioned to Phone Home Mars Landing
July 24, 2012
PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft has successfully adjusted its orbital location to be in a better position to provide prompt confirmation of the August landing of the Curiosity rover.
NASA's Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft carrying Curiosity can send limited information directly to Earth as it enters Mars' atmosphere. Before the landing, Earth will set below the Martian horizon from the descending spacecraft's perspective, ending that direct route of communication. Odyssey will help to speed up the indirect communication process.
NASA reported during a July 16 news conference that Odyssey, which originally was planned to provide a near-real-time communication link with Curiosity, had entered safe mode July 11. This situation would have affected communication operations, but not the rover's landing. Without a repositioning maneuver, Odyssey would have arrived over the landing area about two minutes after Curiosity landed.
A spacecraft thruster burn Tuesday, July 24, lasting about six seconds has nudged Odyssey about six minutes ahead in its orbit. Odyssey is now operating normally, and confirmation of Curiosity's landing is expected to reach Earth at about 10:31 p.m. PDT on Aug. 5 (early Aug. 6, EDT and Universal Time), as originally planned.
"Information we are receiving indicates the maneuver has completed as planned," said Mars Odyssey Project Manager Gaylon McSmith of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. "Odyssey has been working at Mars longer than any other spacecraft, so it is appropriate that it has a special role in supporting the newest arrival."
Two other Mars orbiters, NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and the European Space Agency's Mars Express, also will be in position to receive radio transmissions from the Mars Science Laboratory during its descent. However, they will be recording information for later playback, not relaying it immediately, as only Odyssey can.
{...}
NASA News Release: RELEASE : 12-255 - NASA Mars Orbiter Repositioned to Phone Home Mars Landing
SpaceRef: Mars Odyssey Moved to Relay Curiosity Landing Data
CBS News Space: Orbiter nudged back into position to cover upcoming Mars landing
SPACE.com: NASA Moves Old Spacecraft to Track New Mars Rover's Landing
Spaceflight Now: Odyssey nudged into position to hear Curiosity's landing
Aviation Week: Mars Odyssey Repositioned For Better MSL Comms Relay
orb
New member
- Joined
- Oct 30, 2009
- Messages
- 14,020
- Reaction score
- 4
- Points
- 0
Screamer7
Member
It's getting close now.
10 days and 10 hours and 19 076 400 km to go, and we all shall know if that "stunt"
of NASA is good or bad.
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/eyes/pl...m.nasa.gov/eyes/content/documents/msl/msl.xml
10 days and 10 hours and 19 076 400 km to go, and we all shall know if that "stunt"
of NASA is good or bad.http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/eyes/pl...m.nasa.gov/eyes/content/documents/msl/msl.xml
SolarLiner
It's necessary, TARS.
See where is Curiosity : http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/eyes/pl...m.nasa.gov/eyes/content/documents/msl/msl.xml
orb
New member
- Joined
- Oct 30, 2009
- Messages
- 14,020
- Reaction score
- 4
- Points
- 0
ESA:
Call for Media: Mars Express supports NASA’s Curiosity landing
27 July 2012
ESA PR 24-2012 - Media representatives are invited to ESA’s operations centre in Germany on Monday, 6 August, to follow ESA's Mars Express supporting the entry, descent and landing of NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory.
On 6 August, NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) is set to deliver the Curiosity rover onto the Red Planet’s surface.
The landing in Gale Crater will mark the start of an ambitious exploration programme studying Mars’ habitability, climate and geology and collecting data for a future human mission to Mars.
During MSL’s critical entry, descent and landing phase, approximately 06:15-07:30 CEST, ESA’s Mars Express orbiter will perform a complex tracking operation.
The European spacecraft will be in an ideal position to record signals from the NASA lander to help scientists reconstruct the entry and landing profile to improve our understanding of the Red Planet’s atmosphere.
Confirmation of touchdown by NASA is set for 07:31 CEST.
Diagram showing the overall geometry when Mars Express tracks signals from NASA's MSL during its arrival at Mars.
ESA’s tracking and data recording by Mars Express will be a crucial back-up to NASA's own tracking efforts.
The Agency's ground network of 35 m-diameter deep-space antennas will also support the landing, standing by as ‘hot back-up’ to NASA’s own deep-space network.
{...}
Programme: 06:00-09:00 CEST
{...}
Live web streaming
On 6 August, expert briefings and technical activities at ESA’s operations centre will also be streamed live online (06:30–08:00 CEST) via www.livestream.com/eurospaceagency.
{...}
Call for Media: Mars Express supports NASA’s Curiosity landing
27 July 2012
ESA PR 24-2012 - Media representatives are invited to ESA’s operations centre in Germany on Monday, 6 August, to follow ESA's Mars Express supporting the entry, descent and landing of NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory.
On 6 August, NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) is set to deliver the Curiosity rover onto the Red Planet’s surface.
The landing in Gale Crater will mark the start of an ambitious exploration programme studying Mars’ habitability, climate and geology and collecting data for a future human mission to Mars.
Click on image to enlarge
Curiosity landing target: Gale Crater
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ESA/DLR/FU Berlin/MSSS
During MSL’s critical entry, descent and landing phase, approximately 06:15-07:30 CEST, ESA’s Mars Express orbiter will perform a complex tracking operation.
The European spacecraft will be in an ideal position to record signals from the NASA lander to help scientists reconstruct the entry and landing profile to improve our understanding of the Red Planet’s atmosphere.
Confirmation of touchdown by NASA is set for 07:31 CEST.
Click on image to enlarge
Diagram showing the overall geometry when Mars Express tracks signals from NASA's MSL during its arrival at Mars.Credits: NASA/ESA
ESA’s tracking and data recording by Mars Express will be a crucial back-up to NASA's own tracking efforts.
The Agency's ground network of 35 m-diameter deep-space antennas will also support the landing, standing by as ‘hot back-up’ to NASA’s own deep-space network.
{...}
Programme: 06:00-09:00 CEST
- 06:00 Doors open
- 06:30 Opening by Thomas Reiter, ESA Director for Human Spaceflight and Operations, Head of ESOC
- 06:35 Europe at Mars: Eight years of Mars Express science by Mark McCaughrean, ESA Head of Research and Science Support
- 06:50 Profile: Mars Express support to NASA MSL by Michel Denis, Mars Express Spacecraft Operations Manager
- 07:05 Watch NASA TV live coverage of MSL EDL, moderated by Paolo Ferri, ESA Head of Planetary Mission Operations
- 07:31 Confirmation of MSL landing on Mars (planned)
- 07:50 Programme wrap-up by Manfred Warhaut, Head of ESA Mission Operations Department
- 08:00 Interview opportunities, Q&A
- 09:00 End
{...}
Live web streaming
On 6 August, expert briefings and technical activities at ESA’s operations centre will also be streamed live online (06:30–08:00 CEST) via www.livestream.com/eurospaceagency.
{...}
orb
New member
- Joined
- Oct 30, 2009
- Messages
- 14,020
- Reaction score
- 4
- Points
- 0
orb
New member
- Joined
- Oct 30, 2009
- Messages
- 14,020
- Reaction score
- 4
- Points
- 0
orb
New member
- Joined
- Oct 30, 2009
- Messages
- 14,020
- Reaction score
- 4
- Points
- 0
NASA / NASA JPL:
Curiosity Rover on Track for Early August Landing
July 28, 2012
Mars Science Laboratory Mission Status Report
PASADENA, Calif. -- Eight days before reaching Mars, NASA's Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft performed a flight-path adjustment scheduled more than nine months ago.
The trajectory correction maneuver completed late Saturday may be the last one the mission needs before landing day, though two further opportunities remain on its schedule in case they are needed.
The spacecraft is on course for delivering the mission's car-size rover, Curiosity, to a landing target beside a Martian mountain at about 10:31 p.m. PDT on Aug. 5. (1:31 a.m. on Aug. 6, EDT). After landing, the rover will spend a two-year prime mission studying whether the area has ever offered environmental conditions favorable for life.
The spacecraft used two brief thruster firings totaling about 7 seconds to adjust its trajectory at about 10 p.m. PDT on July 28 (1 a.m. on July 29, EDT). This maneuver had been on the mission's schedule since before launch on Nov. 26, 2011. It altered the flight path less than any of the spacecraft's three previous trajectory correction maneuvers on the way from Earth to Mars.
The Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft had been on a course in recent weeks that would have hit a point at the top of the Martian atmosphere about 13 miles (21 kilometers) east of the target entry point. On landing day, it can steer enough during its flight through the upper atmosphere to correct for missing the target entry point by a few miles and still land on the intended patch of Mars real estate. The mission's engineers and managers rated the projected 13-mile miss big enough to warrant a correction maneuver.
"The purpose of this maneuver is to move the point at which Curiosity enters the atmosphere by about 13 miles," said Tomas Martin-Mur of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., chief of the mission's navigation team. "The first look at telemetry and tracking data afterwards indicates the maneuver succeeded as planned."
The thruster firings altered the spacecraft's velocity by about one-fortieth of one mile per hour (one centimeter per second). Curiosity will enter Mars' atmosphere at a speed of about 13,200 mph (5,900 meters per second).
Opportunities for two further course corrections are scheduled in the final 48 hours before landing, if needed.
"I will not be surprised if this was our last trajectory correction maneuver," Martin Mur said of Saturday's event. "We will be monitoring the trajectory using the antennas of the Deep Space Network to be sure Curiosity is staying on the right path for a successful entry, descent and landing."
Descent from the top of Mars' atmosphere to the surface will employ bold techniques enabling use of a smaller target area and heavier landed payload than were possible for any previous Mars mission. These innovations, if successful, will place a well-equipped mobile laboratory into a locale especially well-suited for its mission of discovery. The same innovations advance NASA toward capabilities needed for human missions to Mars.
As of July 30, the Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft carrying the rover Curiosity will have traveled about 343 million miles (555 million kilometers) of its 352-million-mile (567-million-kilometer) flight to Mars.
{...}
Universe Today: Curiosity Completes Crucial Course Correction – 1 Week from Mars !
Florida Today: A lot hangs in the balance with tricky Mars landing
Spaceflight Now: Mars Science Lab fine-tunes path for rover landing
Discovery News: Rover Curiosity Tweaks its Final Mars Approach
SPACE.com: Less Than a Week Remains Before NASA's Biggest Rover Yet Lands on Mars
Aviation Week: NASA Rover Closing In On Mars To Hunt For Life Clues
Curiosity Rover on Track for Early August Landing
July 28, 2012
Mars Science Laboratory Mission Status Report
PASADENA, Calif. -- Eight days before reaching Mars, NASA's Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft performed a flight-path adjustment scheduled more than nine months ago.
The trajectory correction maneuver completed late Saturday may be the last one the mission needs before landing day, though two further opportunities remain on its schedule in case they are needed.
The spacecraft is on course for delivering the mission's car-size rover, Curiosity, to a landing target beside a Martian mountain at about 10:31 p.m. PDT on Aug. 5. (1:31 a.m. on Aug. 6, EDT). After landing, the rover will spend a two-year prime mission studying whether the area has ever offered environmental conditions favorable for life.
The spacecraft used two brief thruster firings totaling about 7 seconds to adjust its trajectory at about 10 p.m. PDT on July 28 (1 a.m. on July 29, EDT). This maneuver had been on the mission's schedule since before launch on Nov. 26, 2011. It altered the flight path less than any of the spacecraft's three previous trajectory correction maneuvers on the way from Earth to Mars.
The Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft had been on a course in recent weeks that would have hit a point at the top of the Martian atmosphere about 13 miles (21 kilometers) east of the target entry point. On landing day, it can steer enough during its flight through the upper atmosphere to correct for missing the target entry point by a few miles and still land on the intended patch of Mars real estate. The mission's engineers and managers rated the projected 13-mile miss big enough to warrant a correction maneuver.
"The purpose of this maneuver is to move the point at which Curiosity enters the atmosphere by about 13 miles," said Tomas Martin-Mur of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., chief of the mission's navigation team. "The first look at telemetry and tracking data afterwards indicates the maneuver succeeded as planned."
The thruster firings altered the spacecraft's velocity by about one-fortieth of one mile per hour (one centimeter per second). Curiosity will enter Mars' atmosphere at a speed of about 13,200 mph (5,900 meters per second).
Opportunities for two further course corrections are scheduled in the final 48 hours before landing, if needed.
"I will not be surprised if this was our last trajectory correction maneuver," Martin Mur said of Saturday's event. "We will be monitoring the trajectory using the antennas of the Deep Space Network to be sure Curiosity is staying on the right path for a successful entry, descent and landing."
Descent from the top of Mars' atmosphere to the surface will employ bold techniques enabling use of a smaller target area and heavier landed payload than were possible for any previous Mars mission. These innovations, if successful, will place a well-equipped mobile laboratory into a locale especially well-suited for its mission of discovery. The same innovations advance NASA toward capabilities needed for human missions to Mars.
As of July 30, the Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft carrying the rover Curiosity will have traveled about 343 million miles (555 million kilometers) of its 352-million-mile (567-million-kilometer) flight to Mars.
{...}
Universe Today: Curiosity Completes Crucial Course Correction – 1 Week from Mars !
Florida Today: A lot hangs in the balance with tricky Mars landing
Spaceflight Now: Mars Science Lab fine-tunes path for rover landing
Discovery News: Rover Curiosity Tweaks its Final Mars Approach
SPACE.com: Less Than a Week Remains Before NASA's Biggest Rover Yet Lands on Mars
Aviation Week: NASA Rover Closing In On Mars To Hunt For Life Clues
Notebook
Addon Developer
- Joined
- Nov 20, 2007
- Messages
- 11,826
- Reaction score
- 644
- Points
- 188
BBC 2 has a Horizon Special on this Mars mission tonight, 21:00.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01llnb2
N.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01llnb2
N.
orb
New member
- Joined
- Oct 30, 2009
- Messages
- 14,020
- Reaction score
- 4
- Points
- 0
NASA News Release:
RELEASE : 12-258
William Shatner and Wil Wheaton Narrate New NASA Mars Curiosity Rover Video
July 30, 2012
WASHINGTON -- As NASA prepares for next week's Curiosity rover landing on Mars, William Shatner and Wil Wheaton share this thrilling story of NASA's hardest planetary science mission to date. The video titled, "Grand Entrance," guides viewers from entry through descent, and after landing.
The video will be used at events around the country and shared on the web and social media. The goal is to educate the public about Curiosity and build awareness about the landing at 1:31 a.m. EDT, Aug. 6.
Shatner and Wheaton each provide their own unique narration to the video allowing a wider range of audiences to be reached. The actors are icons to sci-fi fans worldwide through their work on Star Trek. Shatner remains a pop culture phenomenon with more than 50 years of stage, television and film experience, while Wheaton not only is a successful actor, but a writer who possesses a huge social media fan base.
"Shatner and Wheaton are mavericks in inspiring film, TV and social media audiences about space," said Bert Ulrich, NASA's multimedia liaison for film and TV collaborations. "NASA is thrilled to have them explain a difficult landing sequence in accessible terms that can be understood by many. Thanks to their generous support, Mars exploration will reach Tweeters, Trekkies and beyond!"
{...}
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0QZ3js9_uY"]Wil Wheaton and the Grand Entrance - YouTube[/ame]
Universe Today: Curiosity’s Grand Entrance with Star Trek’s William Shatner and Wil Wheaton – Video Duet
RELEASE : 12-258
William Shatner and Wil Wheaton Narrate New NASA Mars Curiosity Rover Video
July 30, 2012
WASHINGTON -- As NASA prepares for next week's Curiosity rover landing on Mars, William Shatner and Wil Wheaton share this thrilling story of NASA's hardest planetary science mission to date. The video titled, "Grand Entrance," guides viewers from entry through descent, and after landing.
The video will be used at events around the country and shared on the web and social media. The goal is to educate the public about Curiosity and build awareness about the landing at 1:31 a.m. EDT, Aug. 6.
Shatner and Wheaton each provide their own unique narration to the video allowing a wider range of audiences to be reached. The actors are icons to sci-fi fans worldwide through their work on Star Trek. Shatner remains a pop culture phenomenon with more than 50 years of stage, television and film experience, while Wheaton not only is a successful actor, but a writer who possesses a huge social media fan base.
"Shatner and Wheaton are mavericks in inspiring film, TV and social media audiences about space," said Bert Ulrich, NASA's multimedia liaison for film and TV collaborations. "NASA is thrilled to have them explain a difficult landing sequence in accessible terms that can be understood by many. Thanks to their generous support, Mars exploration will reach Tweeters, Trekkies and beyond!"
{...}
Universe Today: Curiosity’s Grand Entrance with Star Trek’s William Shatner and Wil Wheaton – Video Duet
orb
New member
- Joined
- Oct 30, 2009
- Messages
- 14,020
- Reaction score
- 4
- Points
- 0
NASA / NASA JPL:
NASA Announces News Activities for Mars Landing
July 30, 2012
PASADENA, Calif. - The public is invited to tune in for a series of news briefings from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., for the upcoming landing of NASA's Curiosity rover on Mars.
NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission will deliver the nearly 2,000-pound (1-ton), car-size robotic roving laboratory to the surface of Mars at 10:31 p.m. PDT Aug. 5 (1:31 a.m. EDT Aug. 6). Curiosity's landing will mark 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.
News Briefing and Televised Event Schedule
News briefings will be held at JPL beginning Thursday, Aug. 2, and carried live on NASA Television. Additional events, including a NASA Social Media event Aug. 1 and landing commentary Aug. 5, will be televised. A full schedule of live news briefings is available at:
http://www.nasa.gov/ntvnews and http://www.nasa.gov/msl.
The schedule of events below is subject to change. All times are PDT.
Thursday, Aug. 2
Friday, Aug. 3
Saturday, Aug. 4
Sunday, Aug. 5
Monday, Aug. 6
Tuesday, Aug. 7
Wednesday, Aug. 8
Thursday, Aug. 9
Friday, Aug. 10
For information on how to watch NASA TV, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/ntv. The televised events will also be streamed live online at: http://www.Ustream.tv/nasa.
NASA Television Commentary Feeds
Two live feeds during key landing activities from mission control at JPL will be carried on NASA TV and on the Web from 8:30 to 11 p.m. PDT Aug. 5, and from 12:30 to 1:30 a.m. PDT Aug. 6. The NASA TV Public Channel and http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl will carry a feed including commentary and interviews.
The NASA TV Media Channel and http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl2 will carry an uninterrupted, clean feed with only mission audio.
Online Information
Extensive information on the Mars Science Laboratory mission, including an electronic copy of the press kit, news releases, fact sheets, status reports, briefing schedule and images, is available at:
http://www.nasa.gov/msl.
For more information about NASA's Mars program, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mars.
The public can follow the mission on Facebook and Twitter at:
http://www.facebook.com/marscuriosity and http://www.twitter.com/marscuriosity.
{...}
The Planetary Society Blog: Press briefing schedule for Curiosity (assuming a nominal landing)
SPACE.com: NASA's Huge New Mars Rover Targets Biggest Red Planet Mysteries
Parabolic Arc:
CBS News Space:
NASA Announces News Activities for Mars Landing
July 30, 2012
PASADENA, Calif. - The public is invited to tune in for a series of news briefings from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., for the upcoming landing of NASA's Curiosity rover on Mars.
NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission will deliver the nearly 2,000-pound (1-ton), car-size robotic roving laboratory to the surface of Mars at 10:31 p.m. PDT Aug. 5 (1:31 a.m. EDT Aug. 6). Curiosity's landing will mark 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.
News Briefing and Televised Event Schedule
News briefings will be held at JPL beginning Thursday, Aug. 2, and carried live on NASA Television. Additional events, including a NASA Social Media event Aug. 1 and landing commentary Aug. 5, will be televised. A full schedule of live news briefings is available at:
http://www.nasa.gov/ntvnews and http://www.nasa.gov/msl.
The schedule of events below is subject to change. All times are PDT.
Thursday, Aug. 2
- 10 a.m. -- Mission Science Overview News Briefing
- 11 a.m. -- Mission Engineering Overview News Briefing
Friday, Aug. 3
- 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. -- NASA Social
Saturday, Aug. 4
- 9:30 a.m. -- Prelanding Update and Entry, Descent and Landing (EDL)
Overview News Briefing
Sunday, Aug. 5
- 9:30 a.m. -- Final Prelanding Update News Briefing
- 3 p.m. -- NASA Science News Briefing
- 8:30 p.m. to about 11 p.m. -- Landing Commentary No. 1
- No earlier than 11:15 p.m. -- Post-landing News Briefing
Monday, Aug. 6
- 12:30 to 1:30 a.m. -- Landing Commentary No. 2
- 9 a.m. -- Landing Recap News Briefing
- 4 p.m. -- Possible New Images News Briefing
Tuesday, Aug. 7
- 10 a.m. -- News Briefing
Wednesday, Aug. 8
- 10 a.m. -- News Briefing
Thursday, Aug. 9
- 10 a.m. -- News Briefing
Friday, Aug. 10
- 10 a.m. (tentative) -- News Briefing
For information on how to watch NASA TV, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/ntv. The televised events will also be streamed live online at: http://www.Ustream.tv/nasa.
NASA Television Commentary Feeds
Two live feeds during key landing activities from mission control at JPL will be carried on NASA TV and on the Web from 8:30 to 11 p.m. PDT Aug. 5, and from 12:30 to 1:30 a.m. PDT Aug. 6. The NASA TV Public Channel and http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl will carry a feed including commentary and interviews.
The NASA TV Media Channel and http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl2 will carry an uninterrupted, clean feed with only mission audio.
Online Information
Extensive information on the Mars Science Laboratory mission, including an electronic copy of the press kit, news releases, fact sheets, status reports, briefing schedule and images, is available at:
http://www.nasa.gov/msl.
For more information about NASA's Mars program, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mars.
The public can follow the mission on Facebook and Twitter at:
http://www.facebook.com/marscuriosity and http://www.twitter.com/marscuriosity.
{...}
The Planetary Society Blog: Press briefing schedule for Curiosity (assuming a nominal landing)
SPACE.com: NASA's Huge New Mars Rover Targets Biggest Red Planet Mysteries
Parabolic Arc:
CBS News Space:
- Mars Science Lab poised for trail-blazing mission
- Mars relay sats will confirm rover's landing
- Curiosity relies on untried 'sky crane' for descent to Mars
Similar threads
