On Sunday, August 5, the Curiosity Rover, the most technologically advanced rover ever built, will land on Mars to explore whether or not the planet was, or is, habitable to microbial life. The rover, the size of a small car, is equipped with 17 cameras and a robotic arm containing a suite of specialized laboratory-like tools and instruments. It will perform a never-before-attemped series of landing maneuvers. The specialized landing sequence, which employs a giant parachute, a jet-controlled descent vehicle and a bungee-like apparatus called a "sky crane," was devised because tested landing techniques used during previous rover missions could not safely accommodate the much larger and heavier rover.
The rover is expected to land at 10:31 pm on August 5. Living Room will begin a live stream of this event at 9:00 pm. This is a free event.
We have received overwhelming response to this event tonight, and even after expanding our capacity to 4 screens, we can no longer accept any more RSVPs. Thank you everyone for your interest and support of the big rover!
- Director: NASA
- Country: USA
- Genre: Real-Time Event
- Year: 2012
- Run Time: 2:00:00
- imdb Score: 0.0/10 (0 votes)
- Language: English
- Rating: G
- Cast: Curiosity Rover