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10 Outstanding Achievements Made by Indian Americans in 2012
Indians' Hand in NASA's Most Ambitious Mission- 'Mars Curiosity Rover
Many Indians were involved in the 'Mars Curiosity Rover, who helped in the successful landing of ‘curiosity’ on Mars.
Ravi Prakash, a NASA rock scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory helped in the process of entry, descent, and landing of NASA’s rover ‘Curiosity’
Praksh has been part of this ambitious project over the last five years and he recalls, “Sometimes I wake up calm and sometimes I wake up and I’m really nervous.”
Anita Sengipta is an aerospace engineer and a member of the entry, descent, and landing (EDL) sequence team of the project.
Sengupta is the person who tested a parachute, an important mission element which will decide the destiny of the U.S. spacecraft. The parachute will open up and slow down the spacecraft from supersonic to subsonic speeds.
