NASA TV Capture of MSL Curiosity Rover Landing on Mars

In 1970, a NASA scientist wrote to a nun working with starving kids in Africa and defended costly space exploration. If you think spending money on space is a waste, read this: http://bit.ly/Rsiu9B

This is a screen capture of the 6 minutes before and after the NASA MSL Curiosity rover landed on Mars. The entire mission control room bursts into cheers around time 5:30 upon confirmation of landing and the first images from Mars arrive around time 7:30.

Alongside the NASA TV stream, I'm running the Eyes on the Solar System computer simulation (http://eyes.jpl.nasa.gov/) which was using live telemetry data from the spacecraft to show what was happening in near real-time. All of this was captured on my laptop in Australia using the ScreenFlow app, streaming the event over the 3G connection from my iPhone.

See more updates and images from NASA's MSL homepage: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl...

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[youlox123456789]

Yeah! They finally landed on Duna! I mean Mars!

[deathrooster14]

Can't land on Saturn, it's gas.

[FlashProduktions]

Elaborate?

[TheShelbyiskool]

The descension is so bad ass. It hovers over the surface and lowers the rover using cables. Then releases it and the actual lander accelerates a safe distance away and crashes.

[Atif Nafees]

this is so fake man !! fuck

[TheRaellz]

Fake simulations?? Do you really think they're going to send something out there to record the descent from 3rd person??

[daylightflute]

yup! btw I like top fuck... fells good!

[VanMedia]

WTF. So mnay hot chicks working there...dayum let me get there.

[jrd1921]

This makes me so proud to be an American.

[Shayekh Mohammad]

Then Why'd you watch these stuff if you dont beleive em'

[Agus Sigit Wisnubroto]

Why would you say that? ..

[T-Med GotLost]

up all fake simulations. this is all bullshit. im so sick of it.