Curiosity Lands On Sunday Around Midnight CST

[palandri]

Curiosity remains on track for a Sunday touchdown on Mars:

NASA - Mars Science Laboratory, the Next Mars Rover

 

[palandri]

Landing times tonight:

10:31pm PST (Sunday night)
12:31am CST (Monday morning)
1:31am EST (Monday morning)
5:31am GMT (Monday morning)

It takes 14 minutes for a radio signal traveling at the speed of light, to go from Earth to Mars.

The landing will be broadcast on NASA TV.

 

[palandri]

Live broadcast of the landing on the internet:

Mars Live - Watch Curiousity's Landing

 

[Laura Knotek]

They got the maths right this time, unlike back in 1999.

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[palandri]

They got the maths right this time, unlike back in 1999.

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I watched the landing last night There were so many steps to the landing, I am glad it all went right.

 

[Laura Knotek]

It was awesome to see. Now I'm looking forward to seeing the images the little guy sends.

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[palandri]

It was awesome to see. Now I'm looking forward to seeing the images the little guy sends.

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I heard on the radio, there were 700 people last night at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago watching it live. Which is a packed house for the Adler Planetarium.

 

[palandri]

There's a pretty cool Nasa Application called, "Nasa Be A Martian" for Windows 8 NASA Be A Martian app for Windows in the Windows Store

• See the latest mission images of our spacecraft and those returned from the Red Planet.
• Get the latest updates on Curiosity's Journey
• Learn about Mars and all the active missions.