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Showing Original Post only (View all)"Touchdown Confirmed. We're Safe on Mars." [View all]
Watching live on the NASA cable channel.
"We are wheels down on Mars."
"Continuing to receive telemetry from Curiosity."
"We've got images coming down."
https://twitter.com/MarsCuriosity/status/232352290919567361/photo/1/large
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George Takei already has an image of them saying...well, here's a link:
Fire Walk With Me
Aug 2012
#43
It is not fascinating to think that Mars is a planet so close to us could be terraformed
part man all 86
Aug 2012
#36
AWESOME!!!! Now if only some of that money could have gone to helping improve
reeds2012
Aug 2012
#59
Agreed. Science and exploration should take a back seat until all our problems are solved at home
4th law of robotics
Aug 2012
#68
Not the self-sustaining colony we were promised by now but a great success nontheless
4th law of robotics
Aug 2012
#67