All video clips used with permission from NASA and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Tonight a rover named Curiosity landed on the surface of Mars. It's not the fact that a rover landed on Mars that is amazing, it's the way it landed! Cruise vehicle dimensions (cruise stage and aeroshell with rover and descent stage inside): Diameter: 14 feet, 9 inches (4.5 meters); height: 9 feet, 8 inches (3 meters) Rover name: Curiosity Rover dimensions: Length: 9 feet, 10 inches (3.0 meters) (not counting arm); width: 9 feet, 1 inch (2.8 meters); height at top of mast: 7 feet (2.1 meters); arm length: 7 feet (2.1 meters); wheel diameter: 20 inches (0.5 meter) Mass: 8463 pounds (3893 kilograms) total at launch, consisting of 1982-pound (899-kilogram) rover; 5293-pound (2401-kilogram) entry, descent and landing system (aeroshell plus fueled descent stage); and 1188-pound (539-kilogram) fueled cruise stage Power for rover: Multi-mission radioisotope thermoelectric generator and lithium-ion batteries Science payload: 165 pounds (75 kilograms) in 10 instruments: Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer, Chemistry and Camera, Chemistry and Mineralogy, Dynamic Albedo of Neutrons, Mars Descent Imager, Mars Hand Lens Imager, Mast Camera, Radiation Assessment Detector, Rover Environmental Monitoring Station, and Sample Analysis at Mars. Hello, I am TheTimTracker. Welcome to my crazy beard and mustache driven life! Come with me as we adventure around Orlando, Florida and explore all of the amazing ... Video Rating: 5 / 5
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