NASA's Mars Curiosity Rover Report - February 21, 2013

A NASA Mars Curiosity rover team member gives an update on developments and status of the planetary exploration mission. The Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft delivered Curiosity to its target area on Mars at 1:31:45 a.m. EDT on Aug. 6, 2012 which includes the 13.8 minutes needed for confirmation of the touchdown to be radioed to Earth at the speed of light. The rover will conduct a nearly two-year prime mission to investigate whether the Gale Crater region of Mars ever offered conditions favorable for microbial life.

Curiosity carries 10 science instruments with a total mass 15 times as large as the science payloads on NASA's Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity. Some of the tools, such as a laser-firing instrument for checking rocks' elemental composition from a distance, are the first of their kind on Mars. Curiosity will use a drill and scoop, which are located at the end of its robotic arm, to gather soil and powdered samples of rock interiors, then sieve and parcel out these samples into the rover's analytical laboratory instruments.

[sabre]

it would be nice to have more info, just same thing over and over. whats the temp, weather, wind, signs of life, anything at all, holy

[jimmoss]

Awesome video!!!!
You Rock keep up the Great work
your changing the future of the human race !

[christoc]

I want to know what the composition of the soil is...I want to to show

[wpch]

I heard the same story 3 rover reports ago

[gudmorning]

NASA n u ms y don't u show civilization from mars how do they look like, eg human, a city, traveling vehicles etc, , , u should show those not those rocks, , ,

[gan]

I hope they dont bring deadly virus back from mars haha