After the explosion of joy experienced by the success of the descent of Curiosity Mars, begins checking all systems in the browser, which from the outset will begin sending data daily from the red planet.
"You take things with a lot of patience because you have to be completely sure that the environment is suitable and there is no risk to the rover. Start checking after the first data taking, "said Felipe Gomez, one of Spanish scientists involved in the project.
Gomez, who is in the Propulsion Laboratory of the U.S. space agency in Pasadena (California, USA) where he stayed three months, described the landing of Curiosity "very exciting" and "surprising" by the smoothness with which the rover has landed on Mars Gale Crater.
"The deployment is fulfilled step by step, has been a resounding success," said the scientist, the Spanish Center for Astrobiology (CAB).
Spanish technology is present in the environment at the station Curiosity (REMS) which will measure daily soil temperature, air pressure, humidity, wind and ultraviolet radiation on Mars.
The station environment is one of ten high-tech instruments are there in the mobile robot. Downloading data from the Curiosity will occur once a day and then processed and interpreted the information to plan the following day.
