Curiosity has Landed

Get a behind the scenes look a the tension, anticipation and exhilaration experienced by scientists and engineers at NASA s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. during the Curiosity rover s harrowing descent through the Martian atmosphere known as Seven Minutes of News of Curiosity s safe touchdown following the 13thousandtozeromileanhour descent to the Red Planet s surface brought elation and highfives all around. Curiosity begins a twoyear investigation of whether Mars is