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LongTomH

(8,636 posts) Fri Aug 10, 2012, 11:30 PM Aug 2012

Today's Curiosity rover update from JPLnews

First, a report from Mars Science Laboratory team member Jessica Samuels:

The rover is alive and well on the surface of Mars. It's is still transmitting images from the descent cameras. The remote sensing mast has been deployed and is sending back the first, low-res panoramic images of Gale Crater:

This Week at NASA (NASAtelevision) has a feature on Curiosity landing coverage across the country:

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Today's Curiosity rover update from JPLnews (Original Post) LongTomH Aug 2012 OP

Thanks for finding and posting these three vids, LongTom... Surya Gayatri Aug 2012 #1

Surya Gayatri

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1. Thanks for finding and posting these three vids, LongTom...

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Sat Aug 11, 2012, 04:44 AM

Aug 2012

I love how they call the rover "she" and "her". She'll do her creators and handlers proud, for sure.

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