Rover Curiosity touches down on mars

Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) is a robotic space probe mission to Mars launched by NASA on November 26, 2011, which successfully landed Curiosity, a Mars rover, in Gale Crater on August 6, 2012 at 05:17:57.3 UTC. The overall objectives include investigating Mars' habitability, studying its climate and geology, and collecting data for a manned mission to Mars. The rover carries a variety of scientific instruments designed by an international team.

To contribute to these goals, MSL has six main scientific objectives

1. Determine the mineralogical composition 
2. Attempt to detect chemical building blocks of life (biosignatures).
3. Interpret the processes that have formed and modified rocks and soils.
4. Assess long-timescale (i.e., 4-billion-year) Martian atmospheric evolution processes.
5. Determine present state, distribution, and cycling of water and carbon dioxide.
6. Characterize the broad spectrum of surface radiation, including galactic radiation, cosmic radiation, solar    proton events and secondary neutrons.

Curiosity carries 10 science instruments with a total mass 15 times as large as the science payloads on NASA's Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity. 

                                             

1. cruise stage

2. backshell

3. descent stage (sky crane)

4. rover (curiosity)

5. heat shield (4.5 diameter)

6. parachute

   

First stage of landing;

Second stage of landing;

coordination of MSL in Gale Crater, Marikh;

The contribution on my perception...
this one of the advance technology perhaps, the tech is so far compare with others develop country. Know that, i think i'm so naive with all the method, perception, locomotion, how the robot adapt the environment, and many more of theoretical involved. For those who developed this intelligent guy, solute you most dude.