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WASHINGTON, Aug. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA will host two media events this week to provide Curiosity rover mission updates. The first event is a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT, today. The second event is televised briefing at 2:30 p.m. EDT, Aug. 22. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) The Mars Curiosity team is operating on Mars time. The Martian day is 40 minutes longer than an Earth day, so all events are scheduled based on team...
Video: Digging Deep with NASA’s Next Mars Lander | Video: InSight Mission – Animation of Spacecraft April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online NASA announced on Monday the selection of a new Discovery-class mission that will further NASA's exploration of our solar system. This will be the 12th in the Discovery-class mission series. Journalists from across the nation participated in a question and answer session, with many more listening in to the streaming audio,...
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Coverity, Inc., the development testing leader, today announced that the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), builder of the Curiosity Rover, used Coverity to help ensure the reliability of the mission-critical flight software guiding the successful landing of Curiosity on Mars. From the inception of the NASA Mars Science Laboratory mission, static analysis has been used by NASA JPL as a key part of the code review process to ensure the...
DENVER, Aug. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- An exciting and novel mission to Mars has been selected as NASA's next Discovery mission. The Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) mission, led by principal investigator Bruce Banerdt of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and managed by JPL, will make the first ever measurements of the interior of Mars, providing insight into the evolution of the terrestrial planets. Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT]...
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA has selected a new mission, set to launch in 2016, that will take the first look into the deep interior of Mars to see why the Red Planet evolved so differently from Earth as one of our solar system's rocky planets. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) The new mission, named InSight, will place instruments on the Martian surface to investigate whether the core of Mars is solid or liquid like Earth's...
Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Viral videos are becoming a weekly happening, and lately it's a video spoof of NASA's Curiosity mission called "We're NASA and We Know It (Mars Curiosity)." The new viral video has nabbed close to 2 million views since it hit the web on the Satire YouTube channel last Wednesday. The video is a spoof of LMFAO's "I'm Sexy and I Know It" song, featuring a mimic "Mohawk Man" and NASA crew. The fake Mohawk Man imitates the NASA...
Watch the Video: ChemCam Field of View Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online You’re all alone on the surface of a bleak planet, you’re only able to travel at a snail’s pace, and the only contact you have with Earth is subject to a 14 minute delay. If ever there were a more appropriate time to fire off a laser with abandon, I can’t think of one. Of course, this wasn’t simply a reckless blast for the fun of it; There was science to be performed, tests to be...
Watch the Video: ChemCam Field of View redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online Curiosity's first destination will be a natural intersection of three types of terrain known as Glenelg, located some 1,300 feet (400 meters) east southeast of its landing site, NASA officials have announced. One of the terrain types at Glenelg, which was chosen by the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Principal Investigator John Grotzinger of the California Institute of Technology, is layered...
WASHINGTON, Aug. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The scientists and engineers of NASA's Curiosity rover mission have selected the first destination for their one-ton, six-wheeled mobile Mars laboratory. The target area, named Glenelg, is a natural intersection of three kinds of terrain. The choice was described by Curiosity Principal Investigator John Grotzinger of the California Institute of Technology during a media teleconference on Aug. 17. (Logo:...
TE’s KILOVAC Synonymous with Rugged Reliability in Harsh, Demanding Environments Harrisburg, PA (PRWEB) August 16, 2012 NASA’s Curiosity rover landed in the Gale Crater on Mars on August 5, having flown over 127 million miles since its November 26, 2011 launch from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. As part of NASA’s Mars Exploration Program, the Curiosity rover and its Mars Science Laboratory will carry out their mission to look for evidence of past or present...
