This animation shows NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter flying over
NASA's Curiosity (shown in pink) as the rover lands on the Red Planet.
The video is slowed down as the orbiter approaches the landing site for
better viewing. Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter will capture data during
Curiosity's entry, descent and landing for later playback to Earth. Its
High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera will attempt
to take an image of Curiosity as it descends to the surface (green).

HiRISE is one of six instruments on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
The University of Arizona, Tucson, operates the orbiter's HiRISE
camera, which was built by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.,
Boulder, Colo. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the
California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages the Mars
Reconnaissance Orbiter Project for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate,
Washington. Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver, built the spacecraft.

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona    › Curiosity's mission
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