The next August 6, 2012 is scheduled to land on Curiosity vehicle on Mars. The mission is called MSL (Mars Science Laboratory / Mars Science Laboratory) of NASA and aims to deposit Curiosity with its 900 kilograms of weight, on the neighboring planet of our solar system to carry out research work.
The challenge, as you can see in the video that illustrates the article, in English although with English subtitles, is to successfully overcome seven minutes from when the ship enters the atmosphere until it lands on the surface of Mars at an estimated speed of 3.6 km / h. In the video you can see how a kind of flying crane will place Curiosity very slowly on the surface of the Gale crater. And it is that in the video you can see the large number of artifacts that are put into play in seven minutes !: a shield for the entrance into the atmosphere, a parachute to slow down, some rockets to stabilize the ship and a kind of space crane called Sky Crane.
The landing will mark the beginning of an incredible exploration program to find out if there could ever be life and / or water on Mars. It will also help scientists and engineers plan future manned missions to the red planet.
On the ESA website I read that the radio telescopes of this agency will receive information that they will transmit to NASA to know the progress of this intrepid spacecraft.
Many families will see it in the news that they include in the newscasts although if you feel like it you can see in family the video that illustrates the article and fascinate you with the ambitious landing project on Mars. It is completely film that is seen although it is fully supported by the work of engineers for many years.
We wish the MSL mission a lot of luck and we hope that many children will see it in the news completely fascinated and an infinite vocation will be opened to them and that in the future they will discover many of the things that are still out there.
