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Curiosity Has Arrived!

August 6, 2012 by Liam
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The new Mars rover, Curiosity, has successfully landed on the surface of the red planet. This is a pretty big achievement. To understand why it’s so crazy that NASA was actually able to pull this off, check out this video from an earlier post.

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Video of the Curiosity Landing
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