NASA rover Curiosity lands on Mars
Tuesday, August 7th, 2012
Pasadena, California: The Curiosity has landed. With pride, relief and exhilaration, NASA engineers and officials erupted in cheers and hugs early Monday morning with confirmation that the Curiosity, a car-sized, plutonium-powered robotic rover, had landed safely on the surface of Mars. “Touchdown confirmed,” Allen Chen, the engineer in the control room providing commentary, said at […]
