Natural Science:
Curiosity Rover Lands on Mars___________________________________________
Curiousity Rover has landed on Mars!
"Curiosity Lands on Mars: Monday, August 06, 2012 1:32 PMNASA's Curiosity rover has landed on Mars! Its descent-stage retrorockets fired, guiding it to the surface. Nylon cords lowered the rover to the ground in the "sky crane" maneuver. When the spacecraft sensed touchdown, the connecting cords were severed, and the descent stage flew out of the way. The time of day at the landing site is mid-afternoon -- about 3 p.m. local Mars time at Gale Crater. The time at JPL's mission control is about 10:31 p.m. Aug. 5 PDT (early morning EDT)." [1]
Source: Curiosity Rover
Source: Curiosity Rover
You can also watch a live streaming video from NASA for more updates. The people their were very excited. This is all because NASA has reach another milestone. The landing of Curiosity Rover on Mars.
For more updates follow Curiousity Rover and NASA on twitter.
You can also check their official website here: NASA
Source:
[1] NASA Landing Updates
