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NASA Releases Video of Curiosity's Descent on Mars

Mission price tag: $2.5 billion

Reason Staff | 8.7.2012 7:40 AM

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NASA's Curiosity rover has transmitted a low-resolution video showing the last 2 1/ 2 minutes of its white-knuckle dive through the Martian atmosphere, giving earthlings a sneak peek of a spacecraft landing on another world.

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