Jul 162012
 

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Nasa [sic] may miss Curiosity Mars rover’s landing signal

Nasa [sic] might not be able to follow the progress of its big Mars rover all the way to the surface when it attempts to land on the planet on 6 August (GMT).

The Curiosity vehicle is aiming for a deep depression known as Gale Crater.

The US space agency will be tracking the descent with satellites, but its prime craft for the task may not now be in the correct place in the sky.

“Odyssey right now looks like it may not be in the same spot that we’d expected it to be,” said Doug McCuistion, the director of Nasa’s [sic] Mars exploration programme [sic].

 Posted by at 8:44 pm