Inside Mars Rover's "Terrifying" Landing: Hovercrafts, Chutes, and Shi

Friday, August 3, 2012 - 17:30 in Astronomy & Space

Get the full story of the Curiosity rover's fast-approaching "seven minutes of terror"—and find out why NASA's taking the hard way down.

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