How Curiosity Landed on Mars in Seven Minutes

VideoFromSpace · Explainer · 5 min · 2012 · YouTube title: 7 Minutes of Terror: Curiosity Rover's Risky Mars Landing | Video

Why it's here

Recommended as a gripping look at how hard Mars entry, descent and landing is.

What it covers

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.