Science and Exploration

MRO Sends Back Image of Curiosity Rover Descent

By Marc Boucher
August 6, 2012
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MRO Sends Back Image of Curiosity Rover Descent
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter view of MSL.
NASA/JPL-Caltech

NASA released an image from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter which was taken during the descent of the Mars Science Laboratory with the Curiosity rover and shows the deployed parachute and the spacecraft as it prepares to land.

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