Curiosity Rover’s (astrological) landing on Mars

The Curiosity rover landed on Mars on August 6, 2012, at 05:17 UTC. This was a momentous occasion for NASA and its Jet Propulsion Laboratory so I was intrigued to see what the event chart looked like. Since I’m not an astrophysicist, I looked up “UTC” to learn it stands for Coordinated Universal Time, which […]