Curiosity Has Landed

Relive the nail-biting terror and joy as NASA's Curiosity rover successfully landed on Mars the evening of Aug. 5 PDT (morning of Aug. 6 EDT). See and hear the team inside JPL mission control along with a visualization of the spacecraft's entry, descent and landing.

[iamsiley]

Props to the cameraman who flew to Mars to record the landing.

[manoflego]

A decade later and that reaction still gives me goosebumps.

[jumanji]

So the landing sequence is exactly the same for Perseverance. Makes me feel bit relieved. NASA will pull it off successfully again.

[Cenindo]

I followed the descent on TV. I believe those were the tensest minutes I have experienced in this decade. I was amazed at my own level of emotion, since I am normally a pretty dispassionate person.

[Talvieno]

This still brings tears of joy to my eyes. It's sad, though, that half the comments are people proclaiming out of ignorance that what could very well be these people's best moments of their lives are all faked.

[LTDANMAN]

Every once in awhile humans give me hope, this is one of those moments.

[Flyingjustin]

Touch down confirmed!

This sentence sounds intense!

[Kheopsyco]

I'm proud to be human when I see this. The media should focus on the good sides of the humanity rather than on the wrong side.

[yourfuturebeau]

I'm so excited for the Perseverance's landing that I had to re-watched this many times

[xerox]

This is bringing hope to mankind in a world torn apart by hate, war...!

thank you NASA and everyone involved in this!

[spelunkerd]

Congratulations to all JPL team members, and thank you for the glimpse of your world last evening. Watching those cool characters, under the pressure of watching a lifetime of work being tested, was great positive news for NASA and JPL.

[Emforever]

Respect to everyone in the project but i really would love to see the engineers reaction too :)

[basosz]

Eight years on this is still such an emotional moment. Happy cry all the way!!

[fizzao]

I think this is my favourite video of all time. What an achievement! Their excitement and joy brings tears to my eyes every time I see it. You did it, guys!

[inrain]

I was following the landing and was really happy and relieved they made it. NASA and JPL can be very proud of themselves having brought Curiosity down to the Mars surface with that fantastic maneuver. What a wonderful achievement!

Cheers from Germany.

[goldfing]

I just found this video, tagged as "11 years ago". Yes, we have the year 2023 now, and Curiosity is still working!!! In the meantime, another, even better NASA rover named Perseverance has landed successfully in 2021, deployed a small helicopter drone named Ingenuity and has been successfully working on Mars for 2 1/2 years, in parallel to still working Curiosity. The drone Ingenuity has already performed more than 50 successful flights on Mars, defying gravity by its fast-spinning rotor blades.

[MrPromethium]

Physics students when the class average goes from 46 to 47:

[faustinosanchez]

This is, by far, one of my favorite videos to watch on YouTube. I'm Mexican and my eyes get wet every time I watch this video. Can't wait for the launch of Perseverance!

[XunresolvedconflictX]

This gives me chills. I wish we as a nation could achieve more space related things such as this

[vishu]

This is a great achievement in the history of  mankind