MSL Launch References

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Contents 1 Reference Materials for Mars Science Laboratory Mission 1.1 Official MSL Mission Social Media Accounts 1.2 Mission Information 1.3 MSL's Launch Vehicle - Atlas V 541 (AV-028) 1.4 MSL's Launch Site - SLC-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station 1.5 Mars Facts (the object of MSL's study)

Reference Materials for Mars Science Laboratory Mission

Official MSL Mission Social Media Accounts

• • Mars Curiosity on Facebook
  • @MarsCuriosity 
  • Jet Propulsion Laboratory on YouTube and @NASAJPL 
  • JPL's Tweetup Cheat Sheet

Mission Information

• Official NASA MSL Mission Page:
  • Mission | News | Multimedia | Participate!
• Mars Science Laboratory: Newsroom:
  • MSL Fact Sheet
  • MSL Press Kit
  • Multi-Mission Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator
• Mars Science Laboratory (Wikipedia)
• Mars Curiosity Rover Trailer
• How was Curiosity named? Meet Clara Ma and read her winning essay
• Bye-bye Curiosity: Amateur Astronomer Videos of MSL Departing Earth

• Live Coverage
  • NASA TV Schedule - broadcasting launch live
  • MSL Mission Status Center via @Spaceflightnow 
  • United Launch Alliance page for MSL
  • Launchday thread on NASASpaceFlight.com via @NASASpaceflight 

MSL's Launch Vehicle - Atlas V 541 (AV-028)

• Product Card
• Atlas V User's Guide
• Atlas V (Wikipedia)

MSL's Launch Site - SLC-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station

• Space Launch Complex 41 (Wikipedia)
• Space Launch Complex 41 Diagram
• Launch Complex 41 Facts from [http://www.AFspacemuseum.org/ Air Force Space & Missile Museum
• ULA Launch information hotline: 1.877.ULA.4321 (1.877.852.4321), option 2

• Weather at Launch Site (Cape Canaveral Air Force Station SLC-41)
  • Patrick Air Force Base
  • NWS Spaceflight Meteorology Group
  • Weather Launch Criteria for MSL
  • NOTAMs Notice to Airmen, restricted airspace around launch site.

Mars Facts (the object of MSL's study)

• Google Mars
• Mars Page from Goddard Space Flight Center