NASA hosted a media teleconference (audio only with powerpoint slides) provide a status update on the Curiosity rover’s mission to Mars’ Gale Crater.
Topics include:
- CAP 2 (“Commissioning Activity Phase 2″)
- Robotic arm calibration
- MAHLI instrument
Participants:
- Michael Watkins, JPL, Curiosity mission manager
- Matt Robinson, JPL, lead engineer for Curiosity’s robotic arm testing and operations
- Joy Crisp, JPL, Curiosity deputy project scientist
- Aileen Yingst, Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, deputy principal investigator for Curiosity’s Mars Hand Lens Imager
The briefing is posted at Ustream












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