Seven Minutes of Terror: NASA's Curiosity Rover to Land on Mars This Weekend

03.08.2012

If the NASA webcasts aren't enough for you, you can get a closer look at the Curiosity rover, as well as other spacecraft NASA launched. Amaze your friends and neighbors with , an that lets you turn a printed drawing of a spacecraft into a rotatable 3D spacecraft rendering.

NASA's shows a 3D rendering of the entry, descent, and landing sequences Curiosity's expected to go through on Sunday night. While NASA won't have live TV coverage of the landing from Mars, you can follow along the rendering using .

Equipped with an Xbox 360? Use your Kinect to try . It's harder than you think!

Want to try your hand at launching your own missions? NASA's Launch Services Program has a game called "Rocket Science 101" where you can learn about different rocket components and what goes into making a launch successful. You can play on , or a in your browser.