I had my doubts, but NASA didn’t let us down when the Agency’s Curiosity rover was successfully landed in Gale Crater, Mars at 5.14 UTC on 6 August 2012.
An atomic powered and laser armed cybertank prepares to conquer a new world. (image credit: NASA)
The first images are unimpressive (but are of course from the hazcams, small low resolution cameras for evaluating potential problems), there will be some memorable images and other fantastic science results in the next months.
Once again, NASA shows us how to explore the Solar System!
