Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Used Parachute on Mars Flaps in the Wind



This sequence of seven images from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows wind-caused changes in the parachute of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft as the chute lay on the Martian ground during months after its use in safe landing of the Curiosity rover. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona

Animated image, story:
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2013-121&cid=release_2013-121

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