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There he goes...

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Diving like a bird of prey,

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a NASA Dryden F/A-18

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has been putting the landing radar

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for the Mars Science Laboratory

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through its paces over Edwards Air Force Base in California.

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The aircraft carried an experimental pod

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that housed the test radar

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underneath the aircraft's left wing.

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During the flight the F/A-18 climbed

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to 40,000 feet

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then made stair step dives

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over Rogers Dry Lake at angles of

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40 to 90 degrees.

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Holdin' it...Holdin' it

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in order to simulate what the radar will

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see during entry into the Martian atmosphere.

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Being developed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory