Get your Kinect to Mars

If you want to experience what it’s like being on Mars with NASA’s Mars Rover, but don’t want to die from the incredibly toxic atmosphere – and who wants to go through the hassle of traveling to Mars just for a gruesome death? – fire up your Xbox today.

A free Mars Rover Landing app on the Xbox Marketplace lets you use your body to guide the Curiosity rover to a safe landing, just like NASA would do if it didn’t have specially designed equipment for more precise control of the device. There’s also a Mars-focused experience in the Xbox programming education app, Kodu.

Additionally, the new Unity app, Curiosity’s Journey, lets you explore a 3D map of Mars’ Gale Crater, following along with Curiosity’s mission. Thanks for still being awesome, NASA.Get your Kinect to Mars originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 17 Jul 2012 17:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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