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RE: Mars Science Laboratory mission

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This image taken by NASA's Curiosity shows its main science target, Aeolis Mons. The rover's shadow can be seen in the foreground, and the dark bands beyond are dunes. Rising up in the distance is the highest peak Aeolis Mons at a height of about 5.5 kilometres. The Curiosity team hopes to drive the rover to the mountain to investigate its lower layers, which scientists think hold clues to past environmental change.

This image was captured by the rover's front left Hazard-Avoidance camera at full resolution shortly after it landed. It has been linearised to remove the distorted appearance that results from its fisheye lens.

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Adjusted image taken through the Curiosity rover's Hazard-Avoidance cameras.

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

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NASA's New Mars Rover Sends Higher-Resolution Image

About two hours after landing on Mars and beaming back its first image, NASA's Curiosity rover transmitted a higher-resolution image of its new Martian home, Gale Crater. Mission Control at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., received the image, taken by one of the vehicle's lower-fidelity, black-and-white Hazard Avoidance Cameras - or Hazcams.
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Audio recording: the sounds of an alien descent

While no human 'heard' NASA's Curiosity arrive at Mars this morning, the radio signals transmitted during descent and recorded by Mars Express have been processed and shifted into human-audible frequencies.
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ESA spacecraft records crucial NASA signals from Mars

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This morning at 7:14 CEST, ESA's Mars Express acquired signals from NASA's Mars Science Laboratory as it delivered the car-sized Curiosity rover onto the Red planet's surface. ESA's New Norcia tracking station also picked up signals directly from the NASA mission, 248 million km away at Mars.
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NASA scientists celebrate as Curiosity lands safely

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The Descent of MSL (Curiosity) Captured by HiRISE

NASA's Curiosity rover and its parachute were spotted by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter as Curiosity descended to the surface on Aug. 5 PDT (Aug. 6 EDT). The High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera captured this image of Curiosity while the orbiter was listening to transmissions from Curiosity.
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'Adjusted' Right rear hazcam image

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech