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It sure did, but this was no UFO. The rover snapped a photo of its own heat shield after it separated from the descent module. <\/strong><\/p>\n

This is a great video presentation of just how complicated the recent Mars Rover mission was and how the US is still the tops in the field of space exploration.\u00a0 Team members at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory share the challenges of the Curiosity Mars rover’s final minutes to landing on the surface of Mars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It sure did, but this was no UFO. 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