Xbox 360 to stream Mars rover landing Monday

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NASA is getting close to landing another automated rover on Mars. After a journey from Earth that took several months, the rover known as Curiosity is scheduled to make its landing on the red planet early on Monday morning (Eastern Time). Xbox 360 owners will be able to check out the action "live" (or 14 minutes after the landing, due to the time delay).

Major Nelson reports that Microsoft has set up a special Mars Rover section of the Xbox 360's dashboard for the event. Xbox Live users can check out more information about Curiosity's mission, which, if it lands successfully, will be searching for life on Mars for the next two years. The Mars Rover dashboard will also be the place for Xbox 360 owners to check out the streaming video from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Monday morning as Curiosity makes its landing attempt.

Xbox 360 users can also download the free Mars Rover Landing game which lets people try their own luck in landing the Curiosity rover on Mars. The Kinect-supported game also includes Xbox Live achievements along with new Xbox Live avatar items to collect.


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MazurPosted:

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Yeah it was boring watching it so I just skipped it.


it was. all they should have done was make an announcement or something saying it landed on mars, not a stupid livestream for the control room


They shouldn't of live streamed it. They should of just showed the good parts.


there really wasn't any good parts lol


Yeah i know should have showed more stuff


i don't think there was anything more they could have showed though.

PeetzuhPosted:

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Yeah it was boring watching it so I just skipped it.


it was. all they should have done was make an announcement or something saying it landed on mars, not a stupid livestream for the control room


They shouldn't of live streamed it. They should of just showed the good parts.


there really wasn't any good parts lol


Yeah i know should have showed more stuff


I just watched some of it on YouTube.

It was kinda boring. :/

CearnsyPosted:

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Yeah it was boring watching it so I just skipped it.


it was. all they should have done was make an announcement or something saying it landed on mars, not a stupid livestream for the control room


They shouldn't of live streamed it. They should of just showed the good parts.


there really wasn't any good parts lol


Yeah i know should have showed more stuff

MazurPosted:

Scanty
Mazur
Emazing-Lights
Yeah it was boring watching it so I just skipped it.


it was. all they should have done was make an announcement or something saying it landed on mars, not a stupid livestream for the control room


They shouldn't of live streamed it. They should of just showed the good parts.


there really wasn't any good parts lol

yayPosted:

Mazur
Emazing-Lights
Yeah it was boring watching it so I just skipped it.


it was. all they should have done was make an announcement or something saying it landed on mars, not a stupid livestream for the control room


They shouldn't of live streamed it. They should of just showed the good parts.

MazurPosted:

Emazing-Lights
Yeah it was boring watching it so I just skipped it.


it was. all they should have done was make an announcement or something saying it landed on mars, not a stupid livestream for the control room

EmazedPosted:

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Frog That's atually pretty cool! :D I'd watch it if I weren't on holiday!


What was the holiday? I watched it, I had no holiday events to attend to. :P


Yeah me too, I watched it the day it came out. No holiday in sight.


no he's saying he went on vacation.


oh, well that's not too big of a deal that he missed it. It wasn't anything, so don't feel too bad Frog.

Yeah it was boring watching it so I just skipped it.

yayPosted:

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Frog That's atually pretty cool! :D I'd watch it if I weren't on holiday!


What was the holiday? I watched it, I had no holiday events to attend to. :P


Yeah me too, I watched it the day it came out. No holiday in sight.


no he's saying he went on vacation.


oh, well that's not too big of a deal that he missed it. It wasn't anything, so don't feel too bad Frog.

AcedPosted:

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Frog That's atually pretty cool! :D I'd watch it if I weren't on holiday!


What was the holiday? I watched it, I had no holiday events to attend to. :P


Yeah me too, I watched it the day it came out. No holiday in sight.


no he's saying he went on vacation.


Yeah lol, confusion, but i watched this on a live stream, lol with a guy that was raging at every other coountry saying that there mad cus they couldnt make it to mars, lol

MazurPosted:

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Frog That's atually pretty cool! :D I'd watch it if I weren't on holiday!


What was the holiday? I watched it, I had no holiday events to attend to. :P


Yeah me too, I watched it the day it came out. No holiday in sight.


no he's saying he went on vacation.


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