1: Further Preps for Entry, Descent and Landing
#TCM DAILY SCHEDULE UPDATE#
The project also canceled a corresponding update to parameters for the autonomous software controlling events during entry, descent and landing.Īug. This contingency manuever, had it been needed, would have been used in the event an emergency prevented the team from executing the nominal scheduled TCM-5 maneuver, which is planned for Friday, Aug.
As a result, yesterday the flight team decided to cancel the build and test of a contingency version of Trajectory Correction Maneuver 5. The Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft remains on a consistent and stable course, well within the limits required to reach its target landing ellipse. There are no real-time activities planned today. 2: MSL Remains on Track for Weekend LandingĬuriosity remains in good health, with no significant issues currently in work. It will gradually increase in speed to about 13,200 mph (5,900 meters per second) by the time it reaches the top of the Martian atmosphere.Īug. It is traveling at about 8,000 mph (3,576 meters per second).
EDT), the Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft was approximately 468,000 miles (753,200 kilometers) from Mars, or a little less than twice the distance from Earth to the moon. Given the Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft's consistent and stable course, today the project decided that the planned Trajectory Correction Maneuver 5 (TCM-5) and its corresponding update to parameters for the autonomous software controlling events during entry, descent and landing will not be necessary. With less than three days to go before touchdown on the Red Planet, Curiosity remains in good health, with all systems operating as expected. This artist concept features NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover,Īug.
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