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Published August 06, 2012, 12:00 AM

Photo gallery: Curiosity rover mission to Mars


This photo provided by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory shows the gravel on the surface of Mars' Gale Crater where the Curiosity rover landed early Monday, Aug. 6, 2012, about 12:32 a.m. CDT. On the horizon is the rim of the crater. Part of the spring that released the lens' dust cover can be seen at the bottom right, near the rover's wheel. At top left is part of the rover's power supply. The lines across the top are an artifact from the sensor since the camera is looking into the sun. (NASA / JPL-Caltech, Associated Press)

  • This photo provided by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory shows the gravel on the surface of Mars' Gale Crater where the Curiosity rover landed early Monday, Aug. 6, 2012, about 12:32 a.m. CDT. On the horizon is the rim of the crater. Part of the spring that released the lens' dust cover can be seen at the bottom right, near the rover's wheel. At top left is part of the rover's power supply. The lines across the top are an artifact from the sensor since the camera is looking into the sun. (NASA / JPL-Caltech, Associated Press)
  • Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity team member Miguel San Martin, Chief Engineer, Guidance, Navigation, and Control at Jet Propulsion Laboratory (left) celebrates with Adam Steltzner, MSL entry, descent and landing (EDL) of the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) after the successful landing of Curiosity rover on the surface of Mars, at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012. (Damian Dovarganes / Associated Press)
  • In this photo released by NASA/JPL-Caltech, Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) team members react after the Curiosity rover successfully landed on Mars and as first images start coming in to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012, in Pasadena, Calif. (NASA / JPL-Caltech, Associated Press)
  • Pete Theisinger, MSL project manager, JPL claps to the Mars Science Laboratory team members after the safe landing of the Curiosity rover inside the Spaceflight Operations Facility for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover at Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., on Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012. (Brian van der Brug / Associated Press)
  • Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity members (from left) Richard Cook, MSL deputy project manager; Adam Steltzner, MSL entry, descent and landing (EDL) lead; and John Grotzinger, MSL project scientist, California Institute of Technology, from the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Curiosity Rover mission team celebrate the landing of Curiosity rover on the surface of Mars, at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012. (Damian Dovarganes / Associated Press)
  • In a photo provided by NASA, Christopher J. Scolese (left), Director of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, congratulates MSL Entry, Descent and Landing Engineer Adam Steltzner as they look at the first images of Mars to come from the Curiosity rover shortly after it landed on Mars on Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012, at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. (Bill Ingalls / Associated Press)
  • NASA Associate Administrator John Grunsfeld waits for landing inside the Spaceflight Operations Facility for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover at Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., on Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012. (Brian van der Brug / Associated Press)
  • In a photo provided by NASA, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden congratulates NASA Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate John M. Grunsfeld after the Mars Science laboratory rover Curiosity successfully landed on Mars on Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012, at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. (Bill Ingalls / Associated Press)
  • David Oh works inside the Spaceflight Operations Facility for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover at Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times, Associated Press)
  • In a photo provided by NASA, Mars Science Laboratory Entry, Descent and Landing Engineer Adam Steltzner reacts after the Curiosity rover successfully landed on Mars and as first images start coming in to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012, in Pasadena, Calif. (Bill Ingalls / NASA, Associated Press)
  • Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity members (from left) John Grunsfeld, NASA associate administrator; Charles Elachi, director, JPL; Pete Theisinger, MSL project manager; Richard Cook, MSL deputy project manager; Adam Steltzner, MSL entry, descent and landing (EDL) lead; and John Grotzinger, MSL project scientist, California Institute of Technology, from the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Curiosity Rover mission team raise their arms celebrate the landing of Curiosity rover on the surface of Mars at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., on Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012. (Damian Dovarganes / Associated Press)
  • Steve Collins waits during the "Seven Minutes of Terror" as the rover approaches the surface of Mars, inside the Spaceflight Operations Facility for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover at Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., on Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012. (Brian van der Brug / Associated Press)
  • This Aug. 26, 2003, image made available by NASA shows Mars photographed by the Hubble Space Telescope on the planet's closest approach to Earth in 60,000 years. (2003 file, NASA / Associated Press)
  • This early Monday, Aug. 6, 2012, CDT photo made available by NASA shows the Curiosity rover (bottom) and its parachute descending to the surface from the vantage point of the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. (NASA / Associated Press)