# Mars Rover - landed safely - lets celebrate **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 6, 2012, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mars-rover-landed-safely-lets-celebrate/630593 "2012-08-06T06:58:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2012, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mars-rover-landed-safely-lets-celebrate/630593/1 "2012-08-06T06:58:34Z")
Mods - this is a different thread from the other Mars Rover thread. This one is strictly about the successful landing. The other one is about the mission itself. Latest news!!! Mars rover touched down safely!!! Wo Hoo! [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/48511087/ns/technology\_and\_science-space/?\_\_utma=14933801.1178135054.1344236368.1344236368.1344236368.1&\_\_utmb=14933801.1.10.1344236368&\_\_utmc=14933801&\_\_utmx=-&\_\_utmz=14933801.1344236368.1.1.utmcsr=(direct)](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/48511087/ns/technology_and_science-space/? __utma=14933801.1178135054.1344236368.1344236368.1344236368.1&__ utmb=14933801.1.10.1344236368& __utmc=14933801&__ utmx=-& __utmz=14933801.1344236368.1.1.utmcsr=%28direct%29%7Cutmccn=%28direct%29%7Cutmcmd=%28none%29&__ utmv=14933801.%7C8=Earned%20By=msnbc%7Ccover=1%5E12=Landing%20Content=Mixed=1%5E13=Landing%20Hostname=www.nbcnews.com=1%5E30=Visit%20Type%20to%20Content=Earned%20to%20Mixed=1&__utmk=140032435#.UB9rfqDAOf0) > **[Touchdown! Wild celebrations as one-ton rover lands on Mars after 'seven...](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2184264/NASA-rover-Curiosity-lands-Mars.html)** > > The $2.5bn mission culminated in a dramatic 'seven minutes of terror' landing on the martian surface, 570 million km from earth. Within seconds, Curiosity sent back the first grainy images of its landing site as scientists celebrated at Nasa's... ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2012, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mars-rover-landed-safely-lets-celebrate/630593/2 "2012-08-06T07:00:13Z")
Nah, we’re celebrating the landing in the other thread, too. [Join us.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=632699) ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2012, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mars-rover-landed-safely-lets-celebrate/630593/3 "2012-08-06T07:03:10Z")
This was a dup anyway. I tried editing it to fix the busted URL and got a dup somehow.