MARS LANDING: 7 Minutes, accompanied by Terror Robot Explorers Landed on Mars Curiosity
Robotic vehicle Mars explorers, Curiosity, which is equipped with equipment for exploring other worlds-art, landing on the Red Planet on Monday morning on a mission looking for signs of past life on the planet.
"Curiosity has landed on Mars ... Time at the landing place is the middle of the day, at about 3 p.m. time in Gale Crater on Mars, "said United States space agency NASA in its official announcement.
Curiosity landed at the foot of the mountain at an altitude of layered five kilometres inside the Crater Gale, Mars. The crater lies along the 100 miles, equivalent to the combined areas of Connecticut and Rhode Island.
The planetary geologists, as reported by , want to find out more because data from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Mars reconnaissance spacecraft and explorers from orbit, indicating that the crater was once wet basis due to the water.
Scientists also argue that the place was probably filled with organic matter, carbon compounds which is a chemical key as the basis for the creation of life.
The predecessor of Curiosity as Sojourner, Spirit and Opportunity were dropped on the surface of Mars are covered with a cushion of air when landing.
However, due to the large size, the size of a Curiosity cars Mini Cooper, the air bearing is not usable. Instead, the spacecraft descended to the surface of the planet using the crane.
NASA calling landing process it "Seven Minutes of terror" in the video depicting the landing of Curiosity.
Has a weight of approximately one tonne, the spacecraft is the largest of all the robots are ever sent to the surface of Mars.
During the mission, which lasted one year prime-time Mars, nearly two years of Earth time, researchers will use the tools in the spacecraft to study whether the landing area has natural conditions that could support microbial life, and if there are any signs of life on the Red Planet.