Articles tagged with "MSL"

04/23/2013 23:32:56
Mars Science Laboratory: The Search for Habitable Environments
Douglas Smith
John Grotzinger, Caltech’s Fletcher Jones Professor of Geology, is the project scientist for JPL’s newest Mars rover—Curiosity, the Mars Science Laboratory. The rover is exploring the floor of Gale Crater, and Grotzinger will describe its discoveries so far during a free public lecture at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, April 24, in Caltech’s Beckman Auditorium.
07/30/2012 07:00:00
Countdown to Mars: Some Curious Facts
Katie Neith

Since launching in November 2011, NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) has been traveling full steam ahead on a journey that will traverse over 350 million miles, ending on the Red Planet at 10:31 p.m. on Sunday, August 5. Tucked into a spacecraft for safekeeping during flight, MSL contains a rover named Curiosity. Here are some facts about Curiosity and the mission.

07/27/2012 07:00:00
Mission to Mars
Kimm Fesenmaier

After journeying more than 340 million miles over the course of eight months, NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)—the most capable robotic mission ever sent to the Red Planet—is quickly approaching its destination. The spacecraft is scheduled to touch down on the evening of August 5. A feature-length story about this Mission to Mars appears in the Summer issue of E&S magazine.

 

06/12/2012 07:00:00
Closing In On Mount Sharp, Mars Rover Gets Narrower Landing Target
Kimm Fesenmaier

Increased confidence in the landing technology aboard the Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft has enabled NASA to narrow the ellipse where its newest Mars rover plans to touch down on the Red Planet. Upon landing, at around 10:31 p.m. PDT on August 5, the rover will be much closer than originally planned to the primary science target—a layered mountain called Mount Sharp in honor of the late Caltech geologist Robert Sharp (BS '34, MS '35).

03/28/2012 18:01:00
Caltech Legend Robert Sharp Honored by Mars Rover Team
Kimm Fesenmaier

The international science team of the Mars Science Laboratory mission has decided to honor legendary Caltech geologist Robert P. Sharp by dubbing the mountain that the rover will study "Mount Sharp."

02/10/2012 08:00:00
Two Caltech Researchers Added to the Mars Science Laboratory Science Team
Kimm Fesenmaier

With the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) well on its way to Mars, the newest members of its science team have been announced. Two Caltech professors—Kenneth Farley and Bethany Ehlmann—are among 18 researchers who have been selected as funded participating scientists on the mission.

12/09/2011 08:00:00
Rover Software Named NASA's Best of the Year
Kimm Fesenmaier

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory has won NASA's 2011 Software of the Year accolade for software it developed that has enabled the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity to autonomously select interesting science targets to study with its cameras.

07/22/2011 07:00:00
Curiosity to Explore Gale Crater
Marcus Woo

When Curiosity, the next Mars rover, arrives at the Red Planet next summer, it will be exploring Gale Crater, NASA announced today.

07/11/2011 07:00:00
Rover Landing Site Narrowed Down
Marcus Woo

The landing site for Curiosity, the next Mars rover, has been narrowed down to two choices. Curiosity will either explore Eberswalde crater, an ancient river delta, or Gale crater, the home of a three-mile high mountain. 

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