NASA goes nuts over Mars landing

POSTED: 11:20 AM PDT Aug 09, 2012    UPDATED: 04:34 AM PDT Aug 28, 2012 

Emotions were sky high after NASA's rover Curiosity successfully landed on Mars on Aug. 6, 2012, and the world continues to watch in fascination as the rover beams back images of the Martian surface.

Curisoity slideshow - Curiosity Mars surface image 4
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NASA/JPL-Caltech

This image was obtained by Curiosity's Mars Descent Imager. It illustrates the first appearance of the left front wheel of the Curiosity rover after deployment of the suspension system as the vehicle was about to touch down on Mars.

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