This photo was taken by the Curiousity Rover as it made its descent to the Martian surface. It shows the recently detached heatshield falling away from the assembly, about two and a half minutes before Curiosity landed.

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
 

This photo was taken by the Curiousity Rover as it made its descent to the Martian surface. It shows the recently detached heatshield falling away from the assembly, about two and a half minutes before Curiosity landed. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

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In Pictures: (Almost) Live from Mars

We have been keeping one eye on NASA this week as it used a supersonic parachute and rocket powered sky-crane to land a rover the size of a small card on a whole other planet. In honour of how freaking amazing that is here are some of the first photos published from the Curiosity mission.

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