Mars Rover landing on Mars

When we first get word we have touched the top of the atmosphere, the vehicle has been alive —or Dead–for at least seven minutes" on the 10 year anniversary of Curiosity Mars Rover landing on Mars, we relive the most terrifying moments of the mission– the descent to the Red planet's surface. Team members at @NASAJPL share the challenges of the Curiosity Mars Rover's final minutes to landing on the surface of Mars. With zero margin of error, engineers choreographed a descent that would bring the spacecraft from 13,000 miles per hour, to zero with no help from mission control.