NASA launches game that emulates the Curiosity rover landing on Mars

"Mars Rover Landing" is downloaded for free through Xbox Live and play without controls.

The partnership between NASA and Microsoft introduced its first product: a free game where the user must make the Curiosity rover lands safely on the surface of Mars.

The game was released yesterday and is now available from Xbox Live Marketplace.

Its operation is simple: the user controls the system through Kinect landing, and must ensure that your browser reaches the surface before you run out of fuel.

The graphics of the game are canned quality, which seeks that the player can feel part of the "seven minutes of terror", the complicated landing sequence of Curiosity.

Curiosity was launched into space on November 26 last year and should reach the surface of Mars on August 6.

Xbox users can choose movies from Netflix to the movement of your body

From today is available an application to use the online service of films and serieswith the console and sensor Kinect.

The popular system of online Netflix movies and runs from today on the Xbox 360game consoles, where even the user can control the system with the movement of your body, if the sensor has Kinect.

This new experience can be enjoyed for Netflix users in Chile, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico, the United States and Canada. Xbox was the only console that was missing, since the service was available in Latin America for PlayStation 3 and Wii.

"We are delighted to be available in the Xbox, because game consoles are amongthe most popular devices used by our members," said Neil Hunt, Netflix chiefproduct.

Among the new version of Netflix on Xbox highlight the ease of reproduction of the following chapters of the series that is being, or the ability for the user to rate thefilms, audio and subtitles configure or revise related content.

With Kinect addition, the experience becomes interactive and you can browse categories and movies with body movement.

Netflix for Xbox transmission is also compatible with high definition (720p) withDolby Digital 5.1 surround sound.

To work, you need to download the application from Xbox Marketplace, in addition to Xbox LIVE Gold membership, free high speed Internet and a Netflix membershipfor unlimited streaming.