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7 Minutes of Terror: Curiosity Rover's Risky Mars Landing | Video

VideoFromSpace · 1.2M views · 2012-06-22 · 5:07

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Overview

NASA's animated explanation of the Curiosity rover's Mars landing, which relied on a complex automated sequence taking about seven minutes. It features NASA engineers discussing the risks before the 2012 landing.

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Recommended as a gripping look at how hard Mars entry, descent and landing is.

Recommended by 3 HN people across 3 months · HN mentions 2017–2021

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perryizgr8 · 2020-06 · Strong recommendation

> Oh, it has to land like the Falcon 9 as well, except hovering and lowering itself on a tether, like the Air Cav for Mars. Here's a video that blows my mind every time I watch it. [VIDEO] Such a complicated landing sequence, and needs to work correctly the first time, all autonomously. And it worked!

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niftich · 2017-08 · Strong recommendation

For a dramatic coverage of this exact subject, I highly recommend 'Curiosity's Seven Minutes of Terror' [1] from NASA JPL. [1] [LINK] or on Youtube: [VIDEO]

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rossdavidh · 2021-01 · Recommendation

Somewhat over-the-top but still cool discussion of this by actual NASA tech folks, made before the landing actually happened: [VIDEO]

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