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How Did NASA Get This Incredible Photo of Curiosity’s Descent on Mars?
As the Mars Curiosity Rover descended through the atmosphere of Mars, humans on their couches weren’t the only ones watching. The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, NASA’s Martian satellite, was also looking — and taking pictures. Today, the MRO released an image of the rover descending, still attached to its parachute and before the heartstopping Sky Crane maneuvers.
What you’re looking at is a large parachute — 16 stories tall, 50 feet in diameter, the largest ever flown outside the Earth-Moon system — and beneath it, the one-ton rover with its “backshell” on.
Read more. [Image: NASA]
Amazing. Everything about the Curiosity mission is amazing.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8ckethnD01qcokc4o1_500.jpg)
How Did NASA Get This Incredible Photo of Curiosity’s Descent on Mars?
As the Mars Curiosity Rover descended through the atmosphere of Mars, humans on their couches weren’t the only ones watching. The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, NASA’s Martian satellite, was also looking — and taking pictures. Today, the MRO released an image of the rover descending, still attached to its parachute and before the heartstopping Sky Crane maneuvers.
What you’re looking at is a large parachute — 16 stories tall, 50 feet in diameter, the largest ever flown outside the Earth-Moon system — and beneath it, the one-ton rover with its “backshell” on.
Read more. [Image: NASA]
Amazing. Everything about the Curiosity mission is amazing.
