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What it Takes to Successfully Land on Mars

Adam Steltzner remembers the “seven minutes of terror” when the Curiosity Rover landed.

09/19/2017 | Rating NR

Town Hall Los Angeles

What it Takes to Successfully Land on Mars

Clip: Season 2 Episode 9 | 2m 23s

Adam Steltzner remembers the “seven minutes of terror” when the Curiosity Rover landed.

Adam Steltzner, JPL Chief Engineer for the Mars 2020 Project, remembers the “seven minutes of terror” when the Curiosity Rover landed on the Martian surface in 2012.

09/19/2017 | Rating NR

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