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Old 08-09-2012, 07:59 PM   #1
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Image: Mars Curiosity rover caught in the act of landing by HiRISE
August 6, 2012


(Phys.org) -- An image from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured the Curiosity rover still connected to its 51-foot-wide (almost 16 meter) parachute as it descended towards its landing site at Gale Crater.
It gets better:


The same image also shows the heat shield tumbling away.
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