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Building Excitement for Curiosity's Landing
Published: August 2, 2012
Total Running Time: 00:29:48
The Curiosity rover landed on Mars on August 5, 2012. Join Exploratorium hosts Robyn Higdon and Ron Hipschman as they prepared for the big event—brush up on what Mars is like, what it takes to successfully send a rover there, and other interplanetary tidbits.
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Mars, JPL, Mars rover, Curiosity, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA, landing, spacecraft, robot, geology, space, live, webcast
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