What Curiosity's been seeing on Mars (photos)
This photo shows the 15-foot-diameter heat shield when it was about 50 meters away from Curiosity before its final departure. It is one of the first color images to be sent back by Curiosity. (NASA/JPL-Caltech) Watch video of Curiosity's final descent to Mars at Science Scope.
This photo shows the 15-foot-diameter heat shield when it was about 50 meters away from Curiosity before its final departure. It is one of the first color images to be sent back by Curiosity. (NASA/JPL-Caltech) Watch video of Curiosity's final descent to Mars at Science Scope. - Image 7 of 9
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Great Pictures
I can't wait to see more. It is good that the landing worked well using the sky crane to help drop Curiosity with less shock.
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7th Aug
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Cannot wait to see what an examination of the rock layers will show
Posted by LEL90
7th Aug
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Updated - 29th Apr