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HiRISE Camera to Attempt Imaging Curiosity’s Descent to Mars
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter's High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera captured this image of Phoenix hanging from its parachute as it descended to the Martian surface. Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona.
The HiRISE camera crew on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter will attempt an audacious repeat performance of the image above, where the team was able to capture an amazing shot of the Phoenix lander descending on a parachute to land on Mars’ north polar region. Only this time it will try to focus on the Mars Science Laboratory’s Curiosity rover descending to touch down in Gale Crater. It will be all or nothing for the HiRISE team, as they get only one shot at taking what would likely be one of the most memorable images of the entire mission for MRO.
“We’re only making one attempt on MSL here,” Christian Schaller of the HiRISE team told Universe Today. “The EDL (Entry, Descent and Landing) image is set up so that as MSL is descending, MRO will be slewing the HiRISE field of view across the expected descent path. The plan is to capture MSL during the parachute phase of descent.”
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Post tags: Curiosity, HiRISE camera, Mars, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), Mars Science Laboratory (MSL), Missions
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2012-08-03 02:48:28
Source: http://www.universetoday.com/96576/hirise-camera-to-attempt-imaging-curiositys-descent-to-mars/
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Maybe if you make an even more audacious effort, you will catch the tooth fairy too.