NASA's Curiosity rover landing in Mars today

The Curiosity rover is part of the robotic mission called Mars Science Laboratory that was launched by NASA on November 26, 2011 and it's landing in Gale Crater at about 05:31 UTC on August 6, 2012. They have showed concept videos and computer simulations of this mission but now we'll be able to see it for real. The Curiosity rover cost about $2.5 billion and it's been traveling in space for eight months. If it lands successfully, it'll open up a a lot more information on how it's like in the planet Mars. It'll help us learn about Mars' habitability, climate and geology.

If you want to watch the landing live, you can head over to the link below once the time comes and enjoy the clip.

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/08/watch-live-curiosity/

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