Video: Curiosity to make unusual landing on Mars.
Previous Mars Rover missions have landed on the Martian surface using a bubble of balloons to cushion their touchdown. With Curiosity being much heavier and more sensitive, a new technique had to be found to safely land the rover.
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Coolest video I’ve seen in ages.
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Those poor engineers are going...sweating bullets while that thing is landing.
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