JPL's Adam Steltzner Narrates Curiosity's Landing Choreography

By Nancy Atkinson - August 24, 2012 at 6:23 PM UTC | Planetary Science

This video provides a step-by-step explanation of the choreography needed to land NASA's Curiosity rover on Mars. It starts with a computer simulation from

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program and uses actual images from Curiosity's Mars Descent Imager. It ends with a high-resolution color image from Curiosity's Mast Camera. Entry, Descent and Landing team leader Adam Steltzner provides the play-by-play commentary.