Curiosity Rover
The Best Mars Rover Yet.
By: Dayon Wong
7 Minutes of Terror
350 Million Miles from Earth there is a small waning signal coming from Mars, then the signal cut. Seven minutes later the rover is either dead or alive.
Curiosity
Curiosity is a rover the size of a Mini Cooper,
It landed in Gale Crater on August 6, 2012 on a journey about 350,000,000 Miles.Goals
It is a Mars Exploration Program Mission, to look for the biggest question asked about mars was or is there life on Mars, measure the radiation on mars, to study how mars was made, to look for the basic compounds of life, and to prepare future missions
Electricity
Curiosity has a nuclear reactor on board which runs on plutonium from a radioisotope thermoelectric generator in shorter terms a Thermal-Electric Generator you're probably asking yourself how does this thingy work, the decay of plutonium which releases heat when it deceases, that heats the generator and all of the instruments the Plutonium will run out at a minimum of 14 years
Tools Of Science
It Contains A high resolution camera a drill with a microscope
A Breakdown of Tools
High Resolution Camera, the main camera on board with a 360 degree view, It is one out of 17 on board. Che-Min is an X-ray that examines the organics and minerals of of Martian rock and powder.The Laser in Technical terms Chemcam, its a vaporizing Laser that identifies the elements in the rock. Link: http://youtu.be/P4boyXQuUIw?t=7m57s
Facts
Curiosity has taken over twenty self portraits.
It is 8,589 lbs on earth.
The rover is 9.5 feet long 8.9 feet wide and 7.2 feet in height.
The Plutonium 238 was supplied by the Us department of energy.
The rover goes 4 centimeters per second.
The wheels tread have the words in mores code JPL which is short for Jet Propulsion Laboratory
The parachute creates 9Gs of force when it is deployed
It is 8,589 lbs on earth.
The rover is 9.5 feet long 8.9 feet wide and 7.2 feet in height.
The Plutonium 238 was supplied by the Us department of energy.
The rover goes 4 centimeters per second.
The wheels tread have the words in mores code JPL which is short for Jet Propulsion Laboratory
The parachute creates 9Gs of force when it is deployed
The Curiosity Rover Landing
Family
Small one 1997 Pathfinder A.K.A Sojourner
Medium 2004 Spirit And Opportunity Two Rovers
Big One 2012 Curiosity