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Mars Science Laboratory

An artist's concept of the Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft during its cruise to Mars.

Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech / Public domain (US government work)

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  • Curiosity

    Curiosity is a one-ton, car-sized rover built to find out whether Mars ever had conditions that could support life. The landing was the hard part.

    3 videos
    • NASA
    • NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
    • Modern Mechanisms

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  1. Curiosity’s Mars Landing: Sky Crane, Touchdown and First Images

    NASA

  2. How Mars Rovers Land and Get Power: Airbags to Flying Platform

    SciShow Kids

  3. Curiosity at 14: Keeping a Mars Rover Running by Remote Control

    Modern Mechanisms

  4. How the Sky Crane Landed Curiosity on Mars in Seven Minutes

    Future Systems Explained
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How the Sky Crane Landed Curiosity on Mars in Seven Minutes

Future Systems Explained

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  2. Curiosity at 14: Keeping a Mars Rover Running by Remote Control

    Mission explainerModern Mechanisms · 10:53

    Mission: Curiosity

  3. How the Sky Crane Landed Curiosity on Mars in Seven Minutes

    Vehicle explainerFuture Systems Explained · 3:00

  4. Curiosity’s Mars Landing: Sky Crane, Touchdown and First Images

    Launch coverageNASA · 9:23

    Mission: Curiosity

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