JPL Shrinks The Mars Science Lab Landing Zone
Credit: NASA
Spacecraft engineers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory hope to cut the drive time for the “Curiosity” Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover with a smaller landing-ellipse target than originally anticipated, moving the planned “sky crane” touchdown about 4 mi. closer to the base of the mountain where...
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