Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter HiRISE has done it again!!

Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2012/08/06 10:42 CDT | 2 comments

In 2008, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter snapped an amazing photo of Phoenix descending to the surface of Mars under its parachute. Now it's repeated the feat, with Curiosity.

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Getting the most out of those first images from Mars

Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2012/08/06 09:25 CDT | 5 comments

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We are on Mars

Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2012/08/06 05:19 CDT | 13 comments

Somehow, it worked. Curiosity has landed on Mars, returning photos of her wheels and her shadow on a flat, pebbled plain.

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Where I will be watching Curiosity's landing

Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2012/08/05 09:03 CDT | 1 comments

People have been asking how to tune in to the landing. Here's some information on how (and from where) I'll be watching tonight's events.

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Curiosity: Landing minus 11 hours

Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2012/08/05 01:30 CDT

The Curiosity mission's final pre-landing press briefing wrapped up a short while ago. There wasn't much in the way of news, which is a good thing. Curiosity is healthy. Odyssey is healthy. There's not much left to do but wait.

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Curiosity landing minus two days

Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2012/08/04 01:17 CDT | 1 comments

I just came out of a press briefing at JPL, on the morning of the day before Curiosity's landing. The panel seemed fairly calm -- anxious, certainly, but the happy kind of anxiety that precedes something that could be great.

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