Curiosity completes first drive on Martian surface
Posted: Sat, Aug 25, 2012, 10:48 AM ET (1448 GMT)
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity performed its first, brief drive across the Martian surface on Wednesday in the latest step to demonstrate the spacecraft's capabilities. Curiosity moved forward, turned, and went into reverse during the driving demonstration Wednesday, ending about six meters from where it landed on the night of August 5. The movement was part of continuing efforts to check out and characterize the rover's systems and its instruments before beginning routine science operations. Also on Wednesday, NASA formally named the landing site on Mars where Curiosity touched down "Bradbury Landing", after the late science fiction author Ray Bradbury.
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity performed its first, brief drive across the Martian surface on Wednesday in the latest step to demonstrate the spacecraft's capabilities. Curiosity moved forward, turned, and went into reverse during the driving demonstration Wednesday, ending about six meters from where it landed on the night of August 5. The movement was part of continuing efforts to check out and characterize the rover's systems and its instruments before beginning routine science operations. Also on Wednesday, NASA formally named the landing site on Mars where Curiosity touched down "Bradbury Landing", after the late science fiction author Ray Bradbury.
Related Links:
| <<previous article | next article>> |
|
news in brief
|
|
|
|
news links
|
|
Thursday, September 10
Axiom Space, ESA Partner On Innovation, LEO Access
Aviation Week — 12:59 am ET (0459 GMT) Eutelsat Taps Airbus and Aerospacelab for OneWeb and IRIS² Satellites
ViaSatellite — 12:57 am ET (0457 GMT) Eutelsat Readies Another OneWeb Top-Up Order With Airbus
Aviation Week — 12:57 am ET (0457 GMT) Eutelsat selects Arianespace for two launches to support the renewal of its OneWeb constellation
Arianespace — 12:57 am ET (0457 GMT) Rocket Lab Successfully Launches 16th Electron Mission Of The Year, Solidifies Status as World’s Leading Small Launch Provider
Rocket Lab — 12:56 am ET (0456 GMT) |
