Curiosity lands on Mars

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Telecom engineer Peter Ilott hugs a colleague as they celebrate the Mars science rover Curiosity's successful landing, at Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. Reuters/Brian van der Brug

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In this photo released by Nasa's JPL, Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) team members talk in the MSL Mission Support Area at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory ahead of the planned landing of the Curiosity rover on Mars in Pasadena, Calif. AP/NASA/Bill Ingalls

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This screen grab from Nasa Television shows the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Curiosity Rover Mission Control room erupting in celebration as an image transmitted from the Curiosity Rover (on screen in background) confirms a successful landing on the Red Planet at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. AFP/Nasa Television

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MSL Flight director Keith Comeaux celebrates with Martin Greco after a successful landing inside the Spaceflight Operations Facility for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover at Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California. AFP/Brian van der Brug

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This screen grab from Nasa Television shows the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Curiosity Rover Mission Control room erupting in celebration as an image transmitted from the Curiosity Rover confirms a successful landing on the Red Planet at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. AFP/Nasa Television

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Hundreds watch the images from Mars on the big screen as they watch NASA's Mars Curiosity rover land on Mars during a special viewing event at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center, Huntsville, Ala. (Ap/The Huntsville Times, Eric Schultz)

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Actress Nichelle Nichols, the original Uhura on Star Trek, addresses bloggers at Nasa Social media event at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. Hours before the Mars rover Curiosity is due to land on the surface of Mars. (AP/Damian Dovarganes)

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Pete Theisinger, project manager stands inside the Spaceflight Operations Facility for Nasa's Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover at Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, prior to landing. The Mars science rover Curiosity landed on the Martian surface shortly after 10:30 p.m. (Reuters/Brian van der Brug)

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Julian Anderson of Detroit, celebrates while watching a live broadcast of the Nasa Mission Control center, as the planetary rover "Curiosity" lands on Mars, in Time Square, in New York. (Reuters/Andrew Burton)

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Xavier Cabrera of New York, celebrates while watching a live broadcast of the Nasa Mission Control center, as the planetary rover "Curiosity" lands on Mars, in Time Square, in New York. (Reuters/Andrew Burton)

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A general view shows the 70 metre dish that is tracking Nasa's Mars science laboratory car-sized rover Curiosity at the Canberra Deep Space Communication Station at Tidbinbilla in Canberra on. Nasa on August 5 successfully landed its 2.5 billion USD Mars Science Laboratory and Curiosity rover on the surface of the Red Planet, marking the most ambitious attempt to reach Mars in history. (AFP/ Mark Graham)

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Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover team member Miguel San Martin waves an American flag after a successful rover landing, as he arrives for a news conference at Nasa's Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena, California. (Reuters/Fred Prouser)

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Former Nasa astronaut Leland Melvin, center, actress Nichelle Nichols the original O'Hura Star Trek character, and musician Will.i.am, right, of The Black Eyed Peas, pose with bloggers at Nasa Social media event at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. The most high-tech rover Nasa has ever designed was speeding toward Mars on Monday to attempt an acrobatic landing on the planet's surface. (AP/Damian Dovarganes)

Curiosity lands on Mars

Telecom engineer Peter Ilott hugs a colleague as they celebrate the Mars science rover Curiosity's successful landing, at Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. Reuters/Brian van der Brug

In this photo released by Nasa's JPL, Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) team members talk in the MSL Mission Support Area at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory ahead of the planned landing of the Curiosity rover on Mars in Pasadena, Calif. AP/NASA/Bill Ingalls

MSL Flight director Keith Comeaux celebrates with Martin Greco after a successful landing inside the Spaceflight Operations Facility for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover at Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California. AFP/Brian van der Brug

Hundreds watch the images from Mars on the big screen as they watch NASA's Mars Curiosity rover land on Mars during a special viewing event at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center, Huntsville, Ala. (Ap/The Huntsville Times, Eric Schultz)

Actress Nichelle Nichols, the original Uhura on Star Trek, addresses bloggers at Nasa Social media event at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. Hours before the Mars rover Curiosity is due to land on the surface of Mars. (AP/Damian Dovarganes)

Julian Anderson of Detroit, celebrates while watching a live broadcast of the Nasa Mission Control center, as the planetary rover "Curiosity" lands on Mars, in Time Square, in New York. (Reuters/Andrew Burton)

Xavier Cabrera of New York, celebrates while watching a live broadcast of the Nasa Mission Control center, as the planetary rover "Curiosity" lands on Mars, in Time Square, in New York. (Reuters/Andrew Burton)

Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover team member Miguel San Martin waves an American flag after a successful rover landing, as he arrives for a news conference at Nasa's Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena, California. (Reuters/Fred Prouser)

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