NASA Lands Car-Size Rover Beside Martian Mountain

Monday, August 6, 2012 - 13:50 in Astronomy & Space

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 Sunday to end a 36-week flight and begin a two-year investigation.

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