10.15 pm.
Cruise stage separation successful.
Spin down of the aeroshell successful.
Nominal ‘heartbeat’ tones from Curiosity.
5.4 km/s and speeding up
6 minutes from atmospheric entry.
Saturday 5th August Landing Sequence
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This blog is a record of my experiences and work during the Mars Science Laboratory mission, from the preparation, landing on August 5th 2012 Pacific Time, and onwards... I will also post updates about our other Mars work on meteorites, ExoMars and new missions. You can also follow the planetary science activities with @LeicsPlanets Professor John Bridges, School of Physics and Astronomy
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