Explore a Room With a Mars View @ JPL Tonight
Image: JPL’s Mission Support Area (MSA), shown in this panorama, will be the hub of activity on Aug. 5 as mission team members monitor the careful and intricate entry, descent and landing of NASA’s Curiosity rover on Mars. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
On the evening of Sunday, Aug. 5, the focal point of Martian activity here on Earth will be located in the Mission Support Area in Building 230 at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. From this facility will come news of the progress of NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover’s landing. Visit an interactive page via the above image to explore the room a bit further and get a who’s who of team members – as well as the history of one dry-roasted room essential.