Spacecraft survives '7 minutes of terror,' lands safely, sends first pictures.
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Car-Size Rover Curiosity Lands On Mars: Two-Year Mission to Investigate Red Planet Begins
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120806014143.htm
Mars orbiter captures rover in midair
http://photoblog.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/08/06/13146951-mars-orbiter-captures-rover-in-midair?chromedomain=cosmiclog&lite
NASA's Curiosity Rover Caught in the Act of Landing
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120806141917.htm
Video from rover looks down on Mars during landing
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/48540619/ns/technology_and_science-space/?__utma=14933801.1796274438.1343881820.1344143138.1344314932.3&__utmb=14933801.1.10.1344314932&__utmc=14933801&__utmx=-&__utmz=14933801.1343881820.1.1.utmcsr=(direct)|utmccn=(direct)|utmcmd=(none)&__utmv=14933801.|8=Earned%20By=msnbc%7Ccover=1^12=Landing%20Content=Mixed=1^13=Landing%20Hostname=www.nbcnews.com=1^30=Visit%20Type%20to%20Content=Earned%20to%20Mixed=1&__utmk=153124408
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NASA Announces Next Steps in Effort to Launch Americans from U.S. Soil
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120803101756.htm
