Curiosity lands on Mars!

Yay! We are on Mars with a fresh new Rover. Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) is a robotic space probe mission to Mars launched by NASA on November 26, 2011, which successfully landed Curiosity, a Mars rover, in Gale Crater on August 6, 2012 at 05:14:39 UTC. These illustrations depict the sequence of the descent and landing. A sky crane? Incredible!










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