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Hey I'm Ken, sketch artist, art, civil rights, equality & science enthusiast live blogging his interests. New Yorker from uptown Manhattan, originating from the Dominican Republic.
Amazing Mars Rover Landing Video Captures NASA’s Daring Descent
A stunning new video shot by NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity captures the huge robot’s nail-biting journey to the Red Planet’s surface Sunday (Aug. 5).
The Curiosity rover’s landing video was taken by the Mars Descent Imager camera, or MARDI, snapped about 660 photos while the six-wheeled robot was barreling through the Martian atmosphere during its “seven minutes of terror” landing attempt late Sunday night (Aug. 5 PDT; Aug. 6 EDT).
NASA to Broadcast Mars Rover Landing From NYC’s Times Square Sunday Night
Side note: Who wants to be my date this Sunday? Cause I am there
NASA’s biggest Mars rover landing yet is about to hit Broadway.
New Yorkers hoping to see the Aug. 5/6 landing of NASA’s huge Mars rover Curiosity alongside like-minded space fans can head to Times Square here on Sunday night (Aug. 5) to catch the rover’s touchdown on the Red Planet live on a giant LED television screen.
NASA Television’s coverage of the agency’s $2.5 billion Mars Science Laboratory mission landing will be broadcast live on the Toshiba Vision screen that hangs below the iconic New Year’s Eve ball in Times Square, space agency officials say.
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