NASA's most advanced Mars rover, Curiosity, has landed on the Red Planet. The one-ton rover, hanging by ropes from a rocket backpack, touched down onto Mars early Monday EDT to end a 36-week flight and begin a two-year investigation.
Actual Tweets from the Jet propulsion Laboratory
Curiosity Rover @MarsCuriosity
I'm safely on the surface of Mars. GALE CRATER I AM IN YOU!!! #MSL
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#MSL: Touchdown confirmed for @MarsCuriosity
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#MSL: Heat shield has separated and we are in powered flight for @MarsCuriosity.
And the sky crane has started.
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We have linked with Odyssey! We're listening! #MSL
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#MSL: We have parachute deploy on @MarsCuriosity
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#MSL: We are in guided entry for @MarsCuriosity -- the first time we've ever
attempted to guide a rover to a specific spot on Mars
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#MSL: What are the seven minutes of terror for @MarsCuriosity?
http://go.nasa.gov/Onpzpc
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#MSL: We're in the seven minutes of terror for @MarsCuriosity
