Critical Step in Next Mars Rover Landing

Artist's concept of Curiosity as it is being lowered for landing.
May 20, 2010
CreditNASA/JPL-Caltech
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This artist's concept from an animation depicts Curiosity, the rover to be launched in 2011 by NASA's Mars Science Laboratory, as it is being lowered by the mission's rocket-powered descent stage during a critical moment of the "sky crane" landing in 2012.