Giant rover to make terrifying landing on Mars

[Kreskin]

No spacecraft has ever landed like this before and NASA admits it’ll be a wild ride.

NASA’s Mars Curiosity Rover, a 2,000 pound (900 kilogram) SUV-sized robotic science laboratory, is scheduled to touch down on August 6 at 1:31 a.m. EDT.

Giant rover to make

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[WLDB]

Neat that it comes down to nylon chords.