Curiosity Mars landing – video

by Dan Thisdell | Aug 7, 2012 | ESA, NASA, Science, Technology | 0 comments

Not much to see here apart from the heat shield flying off and the ground approaching, but JPL has provided this stop-motion video of frames from the last 2.5mins of flight – the best glimpse of what it would have looked like to ride on Curiosity…

http://1.usa.gov/QAGMNm

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