New animation depicts next Mars rover in action
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| Audience/Grade: | College Freshman-Continuing Education |
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Computer Engineering Computer Science Electrical Engineering Engineering Mechanics Information Technology Mechanical Engineering Mechatronics |
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Teaching - Demonstration |
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Organization:PhysOrg.com |
| Description: | Article and shortened video about amazing NASA video (11 min.). "Although NASA's Mars Science Laboratory will not leave Earth until late this year nor land on Mars until August 2012, anyone can watch those dramatic events now in a new animation of the mission. The full, 11-minute animation, shows sequences such as the spacecraft separating from its launch vehicle near Earth and the mission's rover, Curiosity, zapping rocks with a laser and examining samples of powdered rock on Mars." Image caption: The full, 11-minute animation, shows sequences such as the spacecraft separating from its launch vehicle near Earth and the mission's rover, Curiosity, zapping rocks with a laser and examining samples of powdered rock on Mars. |
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| Keywords: | Mars rover animation |
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(b) Design and conduct experiments, analyze and interpret data (c) Design a system, component, or process |
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Great use of animation based on previous data. Motivational video showing robotics and space vehicles in action. "The new animation combines detailed views of the spacecraft with scenes of real places on Mars, based on stereo images taken by earlier missions. "It is a treat for the 2,000 or more people who have worked on the Mars Science Laboratory during the past eight years to watch these action scenes of the hardware the project has developed and assembled," said Mars Science Laboratory Project Manager Pete Theisinger at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. "The animation also provides an exciting view of this mission for any fan of adventure and exploration." |
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| Publication Date: | June 2011 |
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WWW |
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Free |
| Download URL: | http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-06-animation-depicts-mars-rover- |
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