Curiosity Landing Area by MagikUnicorn
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The 2.5 billion dollar Mar$ rover
The biggest rover ever made (8ft high - 15 ft long)
N.A.S.A. Curiosity Mission: Canada is Going Back to Mars
Montreal, Quebec, Saturday 10:02 AM ET, NASA will take a bold new step in the exploration of Planet Mars with the launch of a new rover, Curiosity. Curiosity is the centerpiece of the Mars Science Laboratory mission and will seek to determine if the Red Planet has ever had conditions supportive of life. Scheduled to launch November 26, 2011, Curiosity will carry a Canadian-made science instrument that will enable the rover to determine the chemical composition of the rocks and soil on Mars.
Canadian instrument
Roughly the size of a soup can, the Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer (APXS)'s sensor will be able to gather data day and night. APXS, which sits on the end of the rover's robotic arm, will move in close to a sample and bombard it with alpha particles and X-rays to study its composition, including trace elements. APXS is provided by the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), with Dr. Ralf Gellert of the University of Guelph as the Principal Investigator.
NASA will hold a briefing about the mission on Nov 10 at 1 p.m., on N A S A - T V just before the launch
Thanks
Magik
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Véhicule robotisé à 2,5 milliards de $
N.A.S.A. Mission Curiosity : Le Canada retourne sur Mars
Montréal (Québec), Samedi 10:02 AM ET, la NASA poussera son programme d'exploration de la planète Mars toujours plus loin, en lançant un nouveau rover, Curiosity. Ce dernier est l’élément principal de la mission du Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) qui a pour mission de déterminer si les conditions ont déjà été propices à la vie sur la planète rouge. Curiosity devrait s'envoler vers Mars le 26 novembre 2011, avec à son bord un instrument canadien qui permettra d'établir la composition chimique des roches et des sols martiens.
L'instrument canadien
Grâce à son capteur de la taille d'une boîte de conserve, la sonde du spectromètre à particules alpha et rayons X (APXS) sera capable de recueillir des données, le jour comme la nuit. Du bout du bras robotique du rover, l'APXS s'approchera des échantillons à analyser pour les bombarder de particules alpha et de rayons X, afin d'étudier les propriétés de l'énergie émise en retour par l'échantillon. APXS est une contribution de l’Agence spatiale canadienne (ASC) en collaboration avec le chercheur principal, Dr. Ralf Gellert de l’Université de Guelph.
Une séance d’information sur la mission sera diffusée sur N A S A - T V just avant le lancement.
Merci
Magik
Comments (62)
really great work Magik !
excellent information about your scene and I wish you a great weekend
good!
Fantastic images, MU. A very interesting project. Also a cool piece of technology.
Toujours incroyable de voir ces engins arriver à destination, vu la distance :)
cool job, have a nice weekend,,thanks for the visit,ciao
A work fantastic and creative my friend....!!!
Excellent composition and info!!!
It's a real interesting big & giant engine!
Very nice landscape bud :-) and yep our Olympus camers are so fun!!! have an excellent weekend!
Wonderful image and idea!! Great realization!
This is an Awesome Adventure Very Nicely depicted in this Amazing Scene!!!
Very exciting! I saw the launch! Great terrain you've created!
Nice one Magik :)
Excellent upload Magik. Your details on the mission are wonderful. I'm guessing they wont find any signs of organic activity, but it is still exciting to know they are able to.
Will be amazing when arrives!!!
That's really intereseting, Magik!
ISTO É MUITO DINHEIRO MEU AMIGO!!! OBRIGADO PELA NARRAÇÃO ,FANTÁSTICA CENA SUPER ILUMINAÇÃO.+++++++++++++5
A signal from NASA's Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft, including the new Curiosity rover, was received by officials on the ground shortly after spacecraft separation. The spacecraft is flying free and headed for Mars after separation from the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket that started it on its journey to the Red Planet. Liftoff was on time at 10:02 a.m. EST from Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. "Our spacecraft is in excellent health and it's on its way to Mars," said Pete Theisinger, Mars Science Laboratory Project Manager from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California. He thanked the launch team, United Launch Alliance, NASA's Launch Services Program and NASA's Kennedy Space Center for their help getting MSL into space. "We are ready to go for landing on the surface of Mars, and we couldn't be happier," said John Grotzinger, Mars Science Laboratory Project Scientist from the California Institute of Technology. "I think this mission will be a great one. It is an important next step in NASA's overall goal to address the issue of life in the universe." Grotzinger added, "It is important to distinguish that as an intermediate mission between (Mars Exploration Rovers), which was the search for water, and future missions, which may undertake life detection, our mission is about looking for ancient habitable environments." "Science fiction is now science fact," said Doug McCuisition, director of the Mars Exploration Program at NASA Headquarters. "We're flying to Mars. We'll get it on the ground... and see what we find."
VERY cool work and great info magik..
WONDERFUL COMPOSITION!
Its on the way now! A very important moment! Thanks for this dedication, very fine work! PS: Fine avatar....WOW
Well,I heard that the liftoff went well and that Curiousity is on the way to the red planet.I hope that things go well and finds some worthwhile data.
Touchdown in August 2012 and I can't wait to see the science.
Cool Work
Excellent work on this! :)
thanks for brining an occasion like this back into our minds... here's to success!
Fine work and scene, Magik!! If this rover find traces of bacterial life or alike it will end the discussion of the Earth as the only place with life as I see as completely unlikely statistically. But on the other hand in spite of my dreams I don't believe we find other en bacterial and non-intelligent life because of the distances are huge. On the other hand - do we really have intelligent life on Earth? ;o)
Wonderful image! Excellent work!
Excellente composition!