About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 79. Chapters: Timeline of artificial satellites and space probes, Mars Science Laboratory, Corona, WIND, Orbital perturbation analysis, Commercial Orbital Transportation Services, Geopotential model, Interstellar probe, KH-11 Kennan, ARGOS, KH-9 Hexagon, KH-7 Gambit, KH-8 GAMBIT, Astrobiology Field Laboratory, InterPlanetary Network, Rover, FASTRAC, TacSat-3, Zenit, Gravity tractor, SSETI Express Satellite, Safe mode, Lander, Nautilus-X, Launch status check, System requirements, Spaceworthiness, GOES 14, Eigenvector slew, KH-5 Argon, Lunar rover, Explorer 11, TacSat-4, 3 Corner Satellite, Flight dynamics, MiTEx, MightySat-2, Spin-stabilized satellite, Two-line element set, USA-165, Drag and Atmospheric Neutral Density Explorer, KH-6 Lanyard, Verification, Coriolis, 3-axis stabilized spacecraft, Human-rating certification, Interbol, NASA robots, TacSat-5, Tactical Satellite Program, MUSIS, Modular Common Spacecraft Bus, Innovative Space-based Radar Antenna Technology, Artificial satellites in retrograde orbit, Polar, Orbiter, XSS 10, TechSat-21, Spacecraft Velocity Anomalies, MightySat-1, Spatial reconnaissance, TAOS, Demonstration and Science Experiments, ConeXpress, Autonomous Nanosatellite Guardian for Evaluating Local Space, Spacecraft cemetery, Black Horse, Microspacecraft, Launch and Early Orbit Phase, Command missile, Marquardt Space Sled, SECOR, Ballistic reentry, Spacecraft Event Time, DemoSat. Excerpt: The Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) is a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) mission with the aim to land and operate a rover named Curiosity on the surface of Mars. The MSL is scheduled to launch between November 25 and December 18, 2011 and to land on Mars at Gale Crater between August 6 and August 20, 2012. It will try to perform the first-ever precision landing on Mars. The Curiosity rover will help asse...
