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Engineers Celebrate Curiosity's Landing

The Entry, Descent and Landing team gathers to celebrate prior to a post-landing press briefing.

August 05, 2012

The Entry, Descent and Landing team gathers to celebrate prior to a post-landing press briefing.

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