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Curiosity's Descent

This stop-motion video shows 297 frames from the Mars Descent Imager aboard NASA's Curiosity rover as it descended to the surface of Mars. These thumbnail images were received on Earth on Aug. 6, 2012, and cover the last two and a half minutes of descent.

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech    



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http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/videogallery/index.html?media_id=149933921

Labels: Curiosity, Descent to Mars, JPL, Mars, NASA, video