Thread: MSL Curiosity imaged departing Earth orbit
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Old 30-11-2011, 09:22 AM
deanm (Dean)
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MSL Curiosity imaged departing Earth orbit
Wow!

Duncan Waldron & Mark Rigby from the Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium imaged the Curiosity spacecraft as it departed Earth orbit heading for Mars.

The residual exhaust plume is quite a sight!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpghu6pCpcg

Dean
Last edited by deanm; 30-11-2011 at 09:23 AM. Reason: edited for spulling...!
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