Meanwhile, 150,000,000 miles from home...

[alexpgp]

The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter managed to capture an image of Curiosity descending to the Martian surface under its parachute. Both the delivery and this photo are just amazing.



(Kudos to whoever drew the box around Curiosity and its parachute! I'm sure I never would have found them otherwise.)

Seriously, an impressive achievement! Congratulations to all involved!

Comments

[furzicle.livejournal.com]

Thank you for posting this. I swear, I feel that my LJ friends are like my reporters out collecting info for me!

[russia-insider.livejournal.com]

It is really amazing, unfortunately these days it's not regarded as a great achievement, comparing to 60s.