MARS SCIENCE LABORATORY
The Mars Science Laboratory flight team begins executing its procedure for
entry, descent and landing (EDL), and the spacecraft begins its sequence of
autonomous activities leading to the landing this coming weekend. These
activities include enabling needed components and setting final parameters. In
addition, the schedule over the next several days includes opportunities to
update parameters for the autonomous software controlling events during EDL.
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