MSL Team Performs Course Correction, Instrument Checkout

Mark Carreau March 28, 2012
Nearing the midpoint of its 254-day journey, NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) has successfully carried out the second of six planned trajectory correction maneuvers, fine-tuning the rover’s course toward an Aug. 6 landing on the red planet within the scientifically promising Gale Crater. All 10...

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