Team members at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory share the challenges of the Curiosity Mars rover’s final minutes to landing on the surface of Mars.
Team members at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory share the challenges of the Curiosity Mars rover’s final minutes to landing on the surface of Mars.
I read somewhere that the geometry of the capsule was designed in such a way that it was guaranteed to result in the rover being upright after bouncing. I have now idea how they guaranteed that or if they could have righted it if it was not upright :)