'NASA’s mission Mars has an Indian touch'
NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) deputy project scientist is Ashwin Vasavada (in pic) and other two Indians holding key positions are Deborathy Chattopadhya and Gaj Birur.
At Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) hectic preparations are underway for the much awaited landing of the one-tonne Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Curiosity rover on August 5, 2012, near the base of a mountain inside Gale crater (in Mars) close to the Martian equator.
At the moment the MSL, has about 115 million miles to go and is closing at a speed of nearly 13,000mph. Incidentally, the landing date coincides with Neil Armstrong’s birthday, the first man to walk on the moon.
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