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Hugs Upon Curiosity's Landing

The Entry, Descent and Landing team celebrate just moments after news that Curiosity landed safely on Mars.

August 06, 2012

The Entry, Descent and Landing team celebrate just moments after news that Curiosity landed safely on Mars.

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Curiosity Views Gediz Vallis
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On Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, the 197-foot-tall United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket rolls to the launch pad at Space Launch Complex 41.
Atlas V Rolls Out to Pad
Scientists listen intently for status updates prior to Curiosity's landing.
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Scientists listen intently for status updates prior to Curiosity's landing.
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Driven to Mars
Satellite news trucks crowd the parking lots at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., on Aug. 5, 2012, in preparation for the Curiosity rover’s landing on Mars.
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Satellite news trucks crowd the parking lots at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., on Aug. 5, 2012, in preparation for the Curiosity rover's landing on Mars.
Media Trucks Descend on JPL
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This set of images from NASA's Curiosity rover shows the inlet covers for the Sample Analysis at Mars instrument opening and closing, as the rover continues to check out its instruments in the first phase after landing.
Opening and Closing SAM
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Break in Raised Tread on Curiosity Wheel
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Curiosity Inside Aeroshell, Artist's Concept
Sunset on Mars catches NASA's Mars Science Laboratory in the foreground in this artist's concept. The mission is under development for launch in 2009 and a precision landing on Mars in 2010.
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Mars Science Laboratory at Sunset (Artist's Concept)
This set of drawings depicts cross sections of the "Yellowknife Bay" area of Mars' Gale Crater at three points in time going back more than 80 million years (>80 Ma).
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Scarp Retreat Model and Exposure History of 'Yellowknife Bay'
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Altered Landing Target in Gale Crater, Mars
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Reading the Rover's Tracks
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