NASA rover lands on Mars

Posted: Mon 6:52 AM, Aug 06, 2012

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - The Mars Curiosity team leader says the new rover has "landed in a nice flat spot."

NASA's seventh landing on Mars is being called an engineering tour de force, using never-before-tried acrobatics with a Hollywood-style finish.

Cables delicately lowered the rover to the ground at two mph from a hovering rocket pack.

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