Astronomy |
September 15, 2012
Picture of taken by the ESA’s Mars Express High Resolution Stereo Camera of the Echus Chasma. It is a chasm at the Lunae Planum high plateau north of the Valles Marineris canyon system, on Mars. Credit: ESA.

In a couple of episodes, NASA’s Edge does an in-depth briefing about everything MSL (Mars Science Laboratory) Curiosity, about its role on Mars and its technical functionality and capacity.

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In this first episode, NASA EDGE gets underneath the heat shield to learn about MEDLI (Mars Science Laboratory Entry Descent and Landing Instrumentation).

They visit the Mars Yard at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to learn more about Curiosity and how it will function on the red planet.

Also at Jet Propulsion Laboratory talking to Jaret Matthews about Curiosity’s unique robotic capability to explore the Martian surface.

NASA’s Jennifer Eigenbrode talks with NASA EDGE about the Organic Biogeochemistry Curiosity is tackling on the surface of Mars.

More information:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/index.html

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