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CURIOSITY · CHAPTER 2 OF 4 · 2011-11-26
Sky crane landing
A rocket-powered sky crane lowered the rover onto Mars.
NASA’s Curiosity rover has been studying Gale Crater on Mars since 2012, reconstructing the planet’s ancient environments and habitability.
The mission returned data that shaped later exploration.
◉ REÁLNÉ FOTOAutoportrét Curiosity na Marsu.sources: NASA — Curiosity · NASA JPL — Curiosity · NSSDCA — Curiosity — full list on Curiosity