Bradbury landing is defined as the square outlined by the wheel imprints you can see in my last blog entry. Naming landing sites on Mars after those, who have inspired the science and wider communities, now has a long tradition on Mars. The Pathfinder mission with the first ever rover on Mars, Sojourner, named the landing platform ‘Carl Sagan Memorial Station’, remembering Carl Sagan (1934-1996), the planetary scientist who was one of the pioneers of astrobiology. The MER rover landing sites were named after the two Space Shuttles that were lost: Columbia Memorial Station for Spirit and Challenger Memorial Station for Opportunity.
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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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