Mars Rover Curiosity Lands successfully!! LIVE THREAD

Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) ^ | 5 Aug 2012 | JPL

[hattend]

Landing at 10:30PM Pacific...yes, this is early so all the aviation, space, astronomy and science pingers can "get 'er done".

[NCC-1701]

Curiosity on the chute heading for a landing.

[hattend]

The Eye in the Sky: The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter camera snapped this image of the Mars Curiosity Rover and its parachute during landing at Mars. Check out the full gallery at: http://go.nasa.gov/PzSDX6

[LibWhacker]

Fantastic imagery, thank you! Here it is the next day, and what image is still in my mind?... Curiosity sticking her landing, stretching her robotic arms skyward, arching her back and letting go a big, “WOOWOOHOO!!!”

Definitely the best landing of the week! :-)

[mikrofon]

"You've killed my beloved Phobos ... now I really must blow up the Earth!"

[brityank]

Thanks for the pics, and that link. NASA has stuff spread all over the place!

[dragnet2]

Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., celebrate the landing of NASA's Curiosity rover on the Red Planet. The rover touched down on Mars the evening of Aug. 5 PDT (morning of Aug. 6 EDT). Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Betting the images and data revealed in the coming days, weeks and months, will be incredible.

[NormsRevenge]

This still from NASA TV shows a photo of the Mars rover Curiosity under its parachute as it landed
on Mars on Aug. 5 PDT, 2012. The photo was taken by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

[Abathar]

"So... When do I get to drive this one?"...

[hattend]

Just don’t drive it into a ditch!

[MCH]

Message from Obama:

You didn’t build that Rover.
You didn’t land that.

If it weren't for the ancient martian socialist government that built a landing pad and access road on the very spot where Curiosity came down, they never could have pulled it off.

[Redcitizen]

It landed. So what do you think now?

[Redcitizen]

Curiosty bumper sticker- “Looking for your Martian flatcat? Look under my tires. “

[Redcitizen]

Spirit indeed gave up the ghost but Opportunity is still working.

[RedMDer]

Click

[cdnerds]

[reg45]

If they discovered life on Mars, 0bama would be working with Planned Parenthood on a plan to snuff it out.

[reg45]

If they discovered life on Mars, 0bama would be working with Planned Parenthood on a plan to snuff it out.

[Two Thirds Vote Aye]

I listened to the same drivel. I think I turned it off due to impending head explosion at the same time you did.

[VanDeKoik]

Thank goodness.

[Erasmus]

The holes on the treads spell out “JPL” in Morse code.