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... Cell Science University of Florida, Gainesville Pan Conrad, deputy principle investigator, Sample Analysis at Mars, MSL NASA Goddard Space Flight Center , Greenbelt, Md. Steven Benner, director, Foundation for Applied Molecular Evolution ... Canaveral, Fla. Vernon Thorp, program manager, NASA Missions United Launch Alliance, Denver, Colo. Peter Theisinger, MSL project manager Jet Propulsion Laboratory , Pasadena, Calif. Clay Flinn, launch weather officer 45th Weather Squadron ...

... possible to adjust landing plans because of increased confidence in precision landing technology aboard the MSL spacecraft, which is carrying the rover. That spacecraft can aim closer without hitting Mount Sharp ... spacecraft was launched in November 2011, engineers have continued testing and improving its landing software. MSL will use an upgraded version of flight software installed on its computers during the past ...

... per hr (288 mph) for all aircraft operating below 10,000-ft mean sea level (MSL) in move designed to give pilots more time to "see and avoid" other air traffic ... aircraft. FAA cited growing numbers of high-performance aircraft using airspace below 10,000 ft MSL where virtually all VFR (visual flight rules) flying is done, as well as about half ... pilots of many high-speed aircraft probably would choose to operate above 10,000 ft MSL for optimum performance and economy. ''(FAA Release 67-66)'' September 1967 September Sep 1 1967 ...

... Launch Services to build the Atlas V rocket that would launch the Mars Science Laboratory ( MSL ) mission. The mission, scheduled for launch in fall 2009 from Cape Canaveral , Florida, would carry ... as long and three times as heavy as the Mars Exploration rovers Spirit and Opportunity , MSL would explore Mars for two years, collecting Martian soil samples and rock cores and analyzing ...

... later that afternoon and safed. The crew was able to conduct some science in the MSL-1 Spacelab module despite the early return. Work was performed in the German electromagnetic levitation ... was first designated STS-83R and then renamed STS-94. EVA Payload Microgravity Science Laboratory (MSL) 01; Spacelab module with long crew transfer tunnel; extended-duration orbiter cryogenic pallet; Cryogenic Flexible ...

... historic voyage to Mars with the Nov. 26 launch of the Mars Science Laborator y (MSL), which carries a car-sized rover named Curiosity. Liftoff from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station ... sending the world's most advanced scientific laboratory to Mars," NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said. "MSL will tell us critical things we need to know about Mars, and while it advances ... a great injection into our trajectory, and we're on our way to Mars," said MSL Project Manager Peter Theisinger of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif. "The ...

... . EST on Thursday, Nov. 10, to discuss the upcoming launch of the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL), the largest and most capable rover to be sent to another planet. The televised briefing ... television studio at NASA Headquarters, located at 300 E St. S.W. in Washington. The MSL mission is scheduled to launch at 10:25 a.m. EST on Nov. 25. The ... August 2012. Briefing Participants are: -- Doug McCuistion, director, Mars Program, NASA Headquarters, Washington -- Ashwin Vasavada, MSL deputy project scientist, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Pasadena, Calif. -- Pete Theisinger ...

... on the mission also will be debuted. The event for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) spacecraft will be held in the James E. Webb Auditorium at NASA Headquarters, 300 E ... event will be broadcast live on NASA Television and streamed on the agency's website. MSL will deliver Curiosity to Mars at approximately 1:31 a.m. EDT Aug. 6. The ... Meyer, lead scientist, Mars Exploration Program, NASA Headquarters -- John Grotzinger, MSL project scientist, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Calif. -- Pete Theisinger, MSL project manager, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena -- Jeff Norris, manager, planning ...

... skill and determination give me high confidence in a successful landing." The Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission is a precursor mission for future human mission to Mars. President Obama has set ... nylon cords just before touchdown. During a critical period lasting only about seven minutes, the MSL spacecraft carrying Curiosity must decelerate from about 13,200 mph (about 5,900 meters per ... minutes are the most challenging part of this entire mission," said Pete Theisinger, JPL's MSL project manager. "For the landing to succeed, hundreds of events will need to go right ...

... to be sent to Mars. NASA's Curiosity rover, carried by the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) spacecraft, will land near the Martian equator at approximately 10:31 p.m. PDT, Aug. 5, (1:31 a.m. EDT, Aug. 6). Panelists include: -- Dave Lavery, MSL program executive, NASA Headquarters, Washington -- Michael Meyer, lead scientist, Mars Exploration Program, NASA Headquarters -- Pete Theisinger, MSL project manager, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. -- John Grotzinger, MSL project scientist, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Calif.

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