Posted on November - 27 - 2011
Texas A&M Researcher Serving As Camera Operator On NASA’s Curiosity Mission
When NASA launches its largest and most advanced Martian rover on a mission to study the past climate of our planetary neighbor — now set for Saturday — Texas A&M University atmospheric scientist Mark Lemmon will be part of the team operating the Mars Science Laboratory rover, also known as Curiosity, that will touch down at Gale Crater in August.
The launch of the Mars Science Laboratory is scheduled for 9 a.m. (CST) Saturday ( Nov. 26) with a launch window open until Dec. 18.
Mark Lemmon and Keri Bean at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 2009
Lemmon is the camera co-investigator and a part-time Environmental Science Theme Group lead, and he and atmospheric sciences graduate student Keri Bean are with the camera team at the NASA launch site in Florida. A r