Curiosity MSL (Mars Science Laboratory) - Atlas V 541 - Canaveral SLC-41 - 26.11.2011

[Дмитрий Виницкий]

кстати, ран.ше у вас "Откуда:" вместо ростова была прага.

А потом будет ещё что-то  

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И что, эти пыльные бури, опрокинут скайкран?
Знаете, тут были персонажи, хоронившие MERы - дескать, неправильно сели и съехать не смогут. Вы сильно на них смахиваете.
Вы умней JPLевцев?

не сядет. слишком сложно.

Извините, а вы сколько аппаратов на Марс посадили? Чтоб судить где сложно а где легко?

[Lanista]

Сядет, и это будет еще 1 плюсик к реактивным посадкам.

[STS]

Кстати, а амеры выкладывали испытания этого скайкрана? а то я пропустил, по логике должны погонять в натуре.

[Lanista]

Кстати, а амеры выкладывали испытания этого скайкрана? а то я пропустил, по логике должны погонять в натуре.

В начале этой страницы не то? Или вы про зависание? Так у нас гравитация не та, а движки небось прожигали...

[STS]

В начале этой страницы не то? Или вы про зависание? Так у нас гравитация не та, а движки небось прожигали...

не то, про зависание, ну мало ли, испытывать отстрелом както несерьезно, можь ПО какое проверяли.

[Дмитрий Виницкий]

September 28, 2011

PASADENA, Calif. – NASA will host a two-day launch Tweetup for 150 of its Twitter followers on Nov. 23 and 25 at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Tweetup is expected to culminate in the launch of the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 541 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The launch window is scheduled to open at 7:21 a.m. PST (10:21 a.m. EST) on Nov. 25.

The Tweetup will provide NASA's social media followers with the opportunity to tour Kennedy Space Center; speak with scientists and engineers; and, if all goes as scheduled, view the spacecraft launch. The event also will provide participants the opportunity to meet fellow tweeps and members of NASA's social media team.

Curiosity's arrival at the Red Planet is anticipated in August 2012 at Gale crater. During the two-year prime mission, the rover will investigate whether a selected area of Mars offered environmental conditions favorable for microbial life and for preserving evidence about life if it existed.

Mars Science Laboratory is the fourth space mission launching this year managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. The first three are Aquarius, launched June 10 to study ocean salinity; Juno, launched Aug. 5 to study the origins and interior of Jupiter; and the twin GRAIL orbiters, which departed for the moon on Sept. 10.

Launch management for the mission is the responsibility of NASA's Launch Services Program at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Tweetup registration opens at 9 a.m. PDT (noon EDT) on Wed, Oct. 5, and closes at 9 a.m. PDT (noon EST) on Fri., Oct. 7. NASA will randomly select 150 participants from online registrations.


For more information and rules about the Tweetup and registration, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/tweetup

[Pavel]

Надеюсь эта pdfка здесь не была

http://www.lpi.usra.edu/pss/jan92009/presentations/mslTechnicalCook.pdf

В целом ничего экстраординарного, но есть несколько интересных фотографий.

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http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/multimedia/gallery/gallery-indexArtist.html

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http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/search.cfm?cat=237

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Mars Science Laboratory Meets its Match in Florida

In preparation for launch later this year, the "back shell powered descent vehicle" configuration containing NASA's Mars Science Laboratory rover, Curiosity, has been placed on the spacecraft's heat shield.

The matchup was performed by technicians at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

The heat shield and the spacecraft's back shell form an aeroshell that encapsulates and protects the rover from the intense heat it will experience during the final leg of the trip to Mars-the friction-filled descent through the Martian atmosphere.

The mission is scheduled for launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station during the period from Nov. 25 to Dec. 18. Arrival at Gale Crater on Mars is expected in August 2012.

After arrival, the Curiosity rover will investigate whether the landing region has had environmental conditions favorable for supporting microbial life and favorable for preserving clues about whether life existed.

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages the Mars Science Laboratory mission for the NASA Science Mission Directorate, Washington.

More information about Curiosity is online at: http://www.nasa.gov/msl and http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/ .

You can follow the mission on Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/marscuriosity and on Twitter at: http://www.twitter.com/marscuriosity .

http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/news/whatsnew/index.cfm?FuseAction=ShowNews&NewsID=1159

[smokan]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqZVf08nEYc&feature=player_embedded


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NASA's newest rover Curiosity is getting ready to leave Earth. It's destination: Gale crater on Mars. Today's story from Science@NASA explains the attraction of this Martian crater with a strangely-sculpted mountain the middle.

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NASA Chat: Landing on Other Planets -- How Hard Can It Be?

A lot of people grew up watching the popular Star Trek series that made space travel look easy. The show is entertaining, but in reality simply landing on another celestial body is a highly sophisticated task that takes a lot of science and engineering know-how. And, lots and lots of testing to work out any hardware or software glitches.

On Thursday, Oct. 13, from 3-4 p.m. EDT, chat experts Dr. Barbara Cohen, planetary scientist, and Dr. Greg Chavers, lead systems engineer for the Robotic Lander Project, both at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., will answer your questions about why it's important to send spacecraft into the unknown to explore other destinations within our solar system and the engineering challenges of doing so.

Joining the chat is easy. Simply return to this page a few minutes before 3 p.m. EDT on Thursday, Oct. 13. The chat module will appear at the bottom of this page. After you log in, wait for the chat module to be activated, then ask your questions!

More About the Chat Experts

More About Landing on Other Planets

NASA knows the complexity of space exploration and a team of engineers and scientists at the Marshall Center have developed a robotic lander prototype that they're currently testing to mature the capability needed to successfully land a spacecraft on another planetary body. The lander they're testing is proving to work well and they've learned that the final landing step, setting a craft down on a foreign body, is one of the most complex -- and important. The team knows a simple error could result in mission failure.

The robotic lander team at Marshall has spent countless hours testing a lander prototype, dubbed Mighty Eagle, to ensure it will be able to perform a precision autonomous landing when it comes time to execute a real space landing. During each tests, the lander fires an onboard gravity canceling thruster to simulate the gravity of another planet. These lander tests go a long way in providing the team with key data about important aspects of the lander system, such as algorithms, sensors, avionics, software, landing legs, and integrated system elements that will enable the lander to one day touch down gently and safely.

http://www.nasa.gov/connect/chat/landing_chat.html

[Vj.Sj]

А в задачи MSL включен осмотр теплозащитного щита и верхней капсулы после приземления? Или это лишено смысла?

[ronatu]

Лишено....

[Дмитрий Виницкий]

Зато не лишено смысла обследовать нарушенный слой реголита в точке падения щита.

[Salo]

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av028/status.html

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2011
The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket that will propel the Mars Science Laboratory on its voyage to the Red Planet underwent a full countdown rehearsal today.

The rocket, minus the payload, was rolled to the Complex 41 pad at Cape Canaveral on Wednesday for the traditional pre-launch test.

The giant booster consisting of its bronze-colored first stage, Centaur upper stage and four strap-on solid-fuel rockets was recently assembled together atop the mobile launching platform at the Vertical Integration Facility.

The Wet Dress Rehearsal activities that each Atlas undergoes prior to launch saw the rocket fully fueled today for a realistic practice countdown.

Clocks ticked toward a simulated liftoff time at 2:10 p.m. EDT before the countdown ended and the rocket safed.

The event is designed to iron out any problems with the hardware and exercise the launch team.

The supercold fuels were offloaded this afternoon and the vehicle allowed to warm up before it is returned to the assembly building tomorrow.

Once back inside the VIF, final pre-flight work will get underway. Attachment of the MSL payload is scheduled for early November.

Liftoff remains targeted for November 25 at 10:21 a.m. EST (1521 GMT). [/size]

[Vj.Sj]

Зато не лишено смысла обследовать нарушенный слой реголита в точке падения щита.

Я тут еще раз подумал. Это вряд ли возможно, для ровера щит упадет очень далеко, и искать будет трудно.

[Georgij]

этот ровер 1 км за неделю способен проехать. для него нет понятия "далеко")

[Дмитрий Виницкий]

В прошлый раз доехали без проблем.