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NASA celebrates Curiosity's landing on Mars

NASA Showered with Praise After Amazing Mars Rover Landing
The Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) team in the MSL Mission Support Area reacts after learning the the Curiosity rover has landed safely on Mars and images start coming in at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Mars, Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012 in Pasadena (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA's flight controllers are elated after successfully landing the Curiosity rover on the surface of Mars.