Page 12 August 2, 2012 TORRANCE TRIBUNE Looking Up Rover “Curiosity” to Land on Mars Aug. 5 By Bob Eklund composition. A laser instrument will use its the public to participate in exploration as NASA’s most advanced planetary rover beam to induce a spark on a target and read it never has before,” said Michelle Viotti, is on a precise course for an early August the spark’s spectrum of light to identify JPL’s Mars public engagement manager. landing beside a Martian mountain to begin chemical elements in the target. “Because Mars exploration is fundamen- two years of unprecedented scientific detec- Other instruments on the car-sized rover tally a shared human endeavor, we want tive work. However, getting the Curiosity will examine the surrounding environment everyone around the globe to have the most rover to the surface of Mars will not be easy. from a distance or by direct touch with the immersive experience possible.” Curiosity is scheduled to land at 10:31 p.m. arm. The rover will check for the basic NASA has several other forthcoming Pacific Daylight Time on Sunday, August 5. chemical ingredients for life and for evi- experiences geared for inspiration and learn- To achieve the precision needed for landing dence about energy available for life. It also ing in science, technology, engineering and safely inside Gale Crater, the spacecraft will will assess factors that could be hazardous mathematics. Information about many ways fly like a wing in Mars’ upper atmosphere for life, such as the radiation environment. to watch and participate in the Curiosity’s instead of dropping like a rock. To land The chosen landing site is beside a landing and the mission on the surface of the one-ton rover, an airbag method used mountain informally called Mount Sharp. Mars is available at: on previous Mars rovers will not work. The mission’s prime destination lies on the http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/participate (Aug. 6 EDT) has a geological diversity that scientists are eagerThe area where NASA’s Curiosity rover will land on Aug. 5 PDT Mission engineers at JPL designed a “sky slope of the mountain. Driving there from You can also follow the mission on to investigate, as seen in this false-color map based on data from crane” method for the final several seconds the landing site may take many months. Facebook and on Twitter: NASA’s Mars Odyssey orbiter. The image was obtained by Odyssey’s of the flight. A backpack with retro-rockets PuBliC ouTrEACH http://www.facebook.com/marscuriosity Thermal Emission Imaging System. It merges topographical data with thermal inertia data that record the ability of the surface to controlling descent speed will lower the rover In a NASA–Microsoft collaboration, a http://www.twitter.com/marscuriosity hold onto heat. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU on three nylon cords just before touchdown. new outreach game will to give the public For more information about the mission During a critical period lasting only a sense of the challenge and adventure of and to use the new video game and other seven minutes, the Mars Science Laboratory landing in a precise location on the Martian education-related tools: http://www.nasa.gov/ celebration focused on the Curiosity land- spacecraft carrying Curiosity must decelerate surface. Called “Mars Rover Landing,” the mars, http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/ ing, features some 30 scientific experts plus from about 13,200 mph to allow the rover game is an immersive experience for the “PlAnETFEST”To FEATurE liVE dozens of artists and performers. Sunday to land on the surface at about 1.7 mph. Xbox 360 home entertainment console that CoVErAGE oF lAnDinG evening’s program includes a play-by-play Curiosity will use tools on a robotic arm allows users to take control of their own On Sunday evening, August 5, you can live narration of the spacecraft’s decent and to deliver samples from Martian rocks and spacecraft and face the extreme challenges witness the Curiosity landing in real time landing. An unforgettable addition to your soils into laboratory instruments inside the of landing a rover on Mars. at the Pasadena Convention Center, 300 E, space memories! Details: www.planetary. rover that can reveal chemical and mineral “Technology is making it possible for Green Street. 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