NASA partners with Microsoft to launch its first console game

NASA / Microsoft In the past, NASA has used everything from websites and mobile apps to coverage on its own TV network to get the public excited about its space exploration efforts. But the run-up to the planned August 5 landing of the Mars rover "Curiosity" includes the organization's first foray into the world of console game development. Mars Rover Landing, available this week as a free download on the Xbox 360, was inspired by "the entirely factual and amazing sequence of events to land Curiosity on Mars," Jeff...

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Published By: Ars Technica - Wednesday, 18 July, 2012

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