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Hi-Shear Technology pyrotechnic devices contributed to the successful Mars landing of NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) “Curiosity” rover on August 5, 2012 at 10:31 pm (PDT). (PRWEB) September 08, 2012 Hi-Shear Technology Corporation (Hi-Shear), a subsidiary of the Chemring Group PLC ("Chemring"), announced that it was a contributor to the successful landing of the NASA Mars Science Laboratory’s Curiosity rover on Mars, August 5, 2012. Hi-Shear supplied over 200 high...
redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports – Your Universe Online After snapping several fascinating images of various landscapes since landing on Mars just over a month ago, the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover captured a picture of a whole different kind of wonder on Saturday -- itself. According to NBCNews.com Science Editor Alan Boyl, the mobile laboratory used one of its seventeen cameras, the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI), to take its first-ever self-portrait. The MAHLI, Boyle...
PASADENA, Calif., Sept. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The mission team for NASA's long-lived Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit and Opportunity will be awarded the Haley Space Flight Award. The team will receive the award Sept. 12 during the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Space 2012 Conference and Exposition in Pasadena, Calif. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) The award is presented for outstanding contributions by...
Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online NASA's Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit and Opportunity teams are slated to receive the Haley Space Flight Award. The team will be receiving the honor September 12 during the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Space 2012 Conference and Exposition in Pasadena, California. The award is being presented for outstanding contributions by an astronaut or flight test personnel to the advancement of the art, science or...
Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online NASA held a telephone conference with reporters today to give an update about what Curiosity is up to on the Martian surface. The new rover is currently sitting still on the Red Planet, and NASA said it will be moving again towards its target "Glenelg" in about a week. At the future site, there are multiple targets that NASA plans to assess on whether they will be drilling. In an image released by the space agency, there are...
HAMPTON, Va., Sept. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- During this weekend's NASCAR race in Richmond, Va., a NASA Learning Environments & Research Networks (LE&RN) education program, Rockets to Racecars (R2R), will be open to the public to help educate them about last month's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission that successfully landed the Curiosity rover on Mars. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) The event will be held Sept. 7 - 9 at...
PASADENA, Calif., Sept. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA will host a media teleconference at 10 a.m. PDT (1 p.m. EDT) on Thursday, Sept. 6, to provide a status update on the Curiosity rover's mission to Mars' Gale Crater. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) The Mars Science Laboratory is one month into a two-year mission to investigate whether conditions may have been favorable for microbial life. For teleconference dial-in information, reporters...
MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- On August 6th, the world sat still quietly awaiting word of a Mars landing, and at 1:25 am ET that wait was over. "Curiosity" the world's largest object ever placed on Mars emerged. Treading the path that many countries and researchers have tried, developed and failed, "Curiosity" stands alone on many fronts. From the research and development stages, to the much talked about seven minutes of terror, each component aboard had a...
Haigh-Farr, Inc. of Bedford, NH, a Business Unit within the Vitec Group, and the world leader in design, development and manufacturing of flight-body antennas for defense, space and commercial applications, congratulates NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) on the successful landing of the MSL (a.k.a. Curiosity) Vehicle on Mars. Haigh-Farr designed and manufactured the four-segment Wraparound TM Antenna used during the critical entry Descent and Landing (EDL) pahse of the mission....
April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Bobak Ferdowsi, now famously known as NASA's Mohawk Guy, is a flight director for the Mars Science Laboratory mission that put the Curiosity rover on the Martian surface in early August. He will host a two-hour online broadcast on Internet radio station Third Rock Radio at 4pm EDT, August 30. Ferdowsi, who works at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, will be discussing his experience with the landing of...
