Science Officer Log, 080620.12
At midnight on the sixth of August the Mars landing craft called Curiosity touched down successfully on the planet.
Curiosity began it’s mission 8 months ago and traveled 852 million miles from earth. On it’s descent onto the planet, curiosity travelled at 13,000 mph and that’s 17 times the speed of sound. It’s mission is to find the basic elements on mars to see if it would be feasible to send astronauts and maybe establish a colony on Mars in the future. Curiosity will be looking for carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, sulfur and oxygen.
The rover will be exploring the “gale” crater and a mountain that scientist have called unusual because it shows signs of sediments rising from the floor of the mountain.
Some of the tools curiosity will be using are remote controlled cameras to scout out the terrain of the red panet. The rover is also equipped with sensors that will moniert the radiation levels of the planet.
I have also learned that the rover called opportunity is still running around the surface of mars 8 years later after it touched down in 2005.
If you are looking for information on the rover i would suggest,
Information gathered from:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/06/mars-landing-live-nasa-rover-curiosity_n_1745758.htm
Chief Science Officier, M’lesk USS Tiburon