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Rockwell Collins optics used on NASA’s Mars rover

Published August 13, 2012 | By Marcel van Leeuwen

Lens assemblies manufactured at Rockwell Collins in Carlsbad, Calif., are being used on NASA’s Mars rover, Curiosity.

Launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Nov. 26, 2011, the rover will spend the next 98 weeks – one Martian year – in… Continue reading →

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NASA Lands Car-Size Rover Curiosity Beside Martian Mountain

Published August 6, 2012 | By Rob Vogelaar

PASADENA, Calif. — NASA’s most advanced Mars rover Curiosity has landed on the Red Planet. The one-ton rover, hanging by ropes from a rocket backpack, touched down onto Mars Sunday to end a 36-week flight and begin a two-year investigation.… Continue reading →

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NASA Launches Most Capable and Robust Rover to Explore Mars, the Curiosity

Published November 26, 2011 | By Rob Vogelaar

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA began a historic voyage to Mars with the Nov. 26 launch of the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL), which carries a car-sized rover named Curiosity. Liftoff from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station aboard an Atlas V… Continue reading →

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Two Astrium space systems head for Mars aboard the rover ‘Curiosity’

Published November 17, 2011 | By Marcel van Leeuwen
  • A steerable antenna and a meteorological station will be the first Spanish space systems to reach the surface of Mars
  • The antenna will enable direct communication with the Deep Space Network on Earth without the need for intermediate links (satellites… Continue reading →
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