NASA Curiosity landing animation

2012-08-06 06:14:02 GMT2012-08-06 14:14:02(Beijing Time) SINA.com

This animation from NASA provides an excellent breakdown of the Curiosity’s insane landing plan on a second-by-second basis.

You can set the animation to autoplay, or scroll back and forth through if you miss one some of important details of any given step.

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has beamed back an incredible image of its surroundings, showing a spectacularly clear view of the enormous mountain that it will clamber up in the next few years. Full story

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