{"id":5161,"date":"2019-09-09T13:34:03","date_gmt":"2019-09-09T11:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/192.243.16.62\/?page_id=5161"},"modified":"2019-09-09T13:35:52","modified_gmt":"2019-09-09T11:35:52","slug":"msl_eng","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mdscc.nasa.gov\/index.php\/en\/current-missions\/msl_eng\/","title":{"rendered":"MSL_eng"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"text-align:center\" class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">MSL<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-2-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"n2-section-smartslider fitvidsignore \" data-ssid=\"56\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Slider\"><div id=\"n2-ss-56-align\" class=\"n2-ss-align\"><div class=\"n2-padding\"><div id=\"n2-ss-56\" data-creator=\"Smart Slider 3\" data-responsive=\"auto\" 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class=\"n2_clear\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Launch date:\u00a026  November 2012<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:70px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Agency: NASA <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:70px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022<a href=\"https:\/\/solarsystem.nasa.gov\/missions\/dawn\/overview\/\"> <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov\/msl\/\">URL Oficial<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Mars Science Laboratory mission&#8217;s Curiosity rover, the most technologically advanced rover ever built, landed in Mars&#8217; Gale Crater the evening of Aug. 5 PDT (morning of Aug. 6 EDT) using a series of complicated landing maneuvers never before attempted. The specialized landing sequence, which employed a giant parachute, a jet-controlled descent vehicle and a bungee-like apparatus called a \u00absky crane,\u00bb was devised because tested landing techniques used during previous rover missions could not safely accommodate the much larger and heavier rover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Curiosity&#8217;s mission is to determine whether the Red Planet ever was, or is, habitable to microbial life. 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