This color thumbnail image was obtained by NASA’s Curiosity rover during its descent to the surface of Mars on Aug. 5th PDT (Aug. 6th EDT). The image was obtained by the Mars Descent Imager instrument known as MARDI and shows the 15-foot (4.5-meter) diameter heat shield when it was about 50 feet (16 meters) from the spacecraft. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech)
Home This color thumbnail image was obtained by NASA’s Curiosity rover during its descent to the surface of Mars on Aug. 5th PDT (Aug. 6th EDT). The image was obtained by the Mars Descent Imager instrument known as MARDI and shows the 15-foot (4.5-meter) diameter heat shield when it was about 50 feet (16 meters) from the spacecraft. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech) This color thumbnail image was obtained by NASA's Curiosity rover during its descent to the surface of Mars on Aug. 5th PDT (Aug. 6th EDT). The image was obtained by the Mars Descent Imager instrument known as MARDI and shows the 15-foot (4.5-meter) diameter heat shield when it was about 50 feet (16 meters) from the spacecraft. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech)
This color thumbnail image was obtained by NASA’s Curiosity rover during its descent to the surface of Mars on Aug. 5th PDT (Aug. 6th EDT). The image was obtained by the Mars Descent Imager instrument known as MARDI and shows the 15-foot (4.5-meter) diameter heat shield when it was about 50 feet (16 meters) from the spacecraft. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech)
