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7 Minutes of Terror: Curiosity Rover's Risky Mars Landing | Video
NASA's animated explanation of the Curiosity rover's Mars landing, which relied on a complex automated sequence taking about seven minutes. It features NASA engineers discussing the risks before the 2012 landing.
Why HN readers recommended it
Recommended as a gripping look at how hard Mars entry, descent and landing is.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- VideoFromSpace
- Topic
- mars rover landing
- Format
- explainer
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 3
- HN mentions in dataset
- 4
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2017–2021
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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For a dramatic coverage of this exact subject, I highly recommend 'Curiosity's Seven Minutes of Terror' [1] from NASA JPL. [1] [LINK] or on Youtube: [VIDEO]
niftich on Hacker News · 2017-08
In Water Found Deep Inside the Moon> Oh, it has to land like the Falcon 9 as well, except hovering and lowering itself on a tether, like the Air Cav for Mars. Here's a video that blows my mind every time I watch it. [VIDEO] Such a complicated landing sequence, and …
perryizgr8 on Hacker News · 2020-06
In NASA rushing to complete Mars launch before planet moves out of rangeSomewhat over-the-top but still cool discussion of this by actual NASA tech folks, made before the landing actually happened: [VIDEO]
rossdavidh on Hacker News · 2021-01
In NASA's Curiosity rover: 3k days on Mars
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