Team members at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory share the challenges of getting a spacecraft to the surface of Mars.
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The Challenges of Getting to Mars
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Lectures in this course (7)
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Challenges of Getting to Mars: Curiosity's Seven Minutes of Terror
5:08
Team members at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory share the challenges of the Curiosity Mars rover's final minutes to landing on the surface of Mars.
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The Challenges of Getting to Mars: The Cruise to Mars
3:24
The long journey to Mars through the harsh environment of space confronts the Curiosity navigation team with a long list of challenges to get the spacecraft safely to its destination.
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The Challenges of Getting to Mars: Launching a Mars Rover
5:02
Lift-off of the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover to Mars!
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The Challenges of Getting to Mars: Getting a Rover Ready for Launch
4:24
Engineers put the rover through thousands of hours of testing. They did drop tests; pull tests; drive tests; load tests, and many other tests to get Curiosity ready for launch.
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The Challenges of Getting to Mars: Transporting a Mars Rover
5:39
A look at getting the Curiosity rover from its birthplace at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, to a cleanroom at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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The Challenges of Getting to Mars: Selecting a Landing Site
3:51
Scientists get closer to selecting a landing site for the Curiosity rover.
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The Challenges of Getting to Mars - Transport for Launch
4:24
Getting the Phoenix spacecraft from its "birthplace" in Colorado to its launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida is no easy task.
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