Mars Rovers: Inside NASA's Control Room
This article provides a behind-the-scenes look at the daily operations of NASA's Curiosity rover team at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Scientists and engineers work in high-pressure shifts to analyze data and send new commands to the rover on Mars.
Why it matters
It highlights the complex human-machine collaboration required to conduct long-term scientific exploration on another planet.
Lights blink on as I enter the Rover Operations Center at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, at 7:30 a.m. I'm the first to arrive, even though I already feel late.
The content is a first-person descriptive account of professional operations with no political or social bias.
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