And if it fails? Well, that's why NASA launched a second, identical probe. Opportunity, as the craft is called, is due to land on Jan. 25 and the astronomy museum will host another live satellite relay from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory which will be broadcast by the National Geographic Channel. For information on the activity, visit the museum's Website at http://www.tam.gov.tw/.
Local National Geographic coverage of yesterday's landing will be broadcast at 9pm on Jan. 11. For English-language information regarding NASA's mission to Mars, visit the Jet Propulsion Laboratory Website at http://marsrover.jpl.nasa.gov.
The Taipei Astronomical Museum is located at 363 Jihe Rd, Shilin, Taipei (
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