NASA Lands Car-Size Rover Beside Martian Mountain

NASA's most advanced Mars rover Curiosity has landed on the Red Planet. The one-ton rover, hanging by ropes from a rocket backpack, touched down onto Mars Sunday to end a 36-week flight and begin a two-year investigation.

The Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) spacecraft that carried Curiosity succeeded in every step of the most complex landing ever attempted on Mars, including the final severing of the bridle cords and flyaway maneuver of the rocket backpack.

[MarcusHeine]

"Time to see where Curiosity will take us."

How's that for a quote? Marvellous stuff indeed.

[pheenix]

"Touchdown confirmed, we are safe on Mars."

[FrankyBangkok]

This is a very special moment for mankind!!!

Thousands of  people from Universities around the world was watching this too and had tears in their eyes and had after it mars landing parties, for example my friends in Vienna!

Nice greetings to the rest of the world and to the NASA Team!

I am here in Bangkok.

We watched it too and had a party after it too ...

[star_bizz]

it's emotional simply because this is one of man's greatest exploration successes. it's a mark on history.

[anovermage]

Did you kinow that the entire budget for this mission isn't even 0.1% of the military budget? just saying, yeah?

[RITtelevision]

I love how at 3:08 one person just starts awkwardly celebrating before everyone else! :D

[chaosfire]

As a player of Kerbal Space Program, my respect for these men and women just increased tenfold.

[FlorAmezqutia]

i love how they're so passionate about their jobs!

[campbellsdad]

Just wondering if you ever actually know what you're talking about before you speak? This is a remarkable achievement that will go down in the history of mankind as astonishing - and it cost $7 per American over the course of a few years. That's 7 whole hard earned dollars. The war in Iraq, by comparison, will cost each of us around $12, 000. The $850 billion Wall Street bailout cost more than NASA's entire 54-year existence. I would rather choose to spend 7 dollars.

[ktcher]

Wonderful. Simply amazing. My 7 year old daughter has already been inspired with the thoughts of a robot on another planet. This is what being human and an American should be all about. Go NASA!

[walterworrall]

I like how everyone is at there station doing important things... and the second it lands there is a hi five orgy for 10 minutes. I'm not hating, in fact i am glad to see it.

[seal]

5:18 I think thats the happiest anyone's ever been for "having thumbnails"

[Piitsi]

Tears of joy, go humanity, go science and go NASA! I applaud to everyone involved, this makes me proud to be human a being.

[Taco]

Curiosity truly is an amazing feat of engineering! Congrats NASA on getting another Lander on Mars safely!

[EdwardDiego]

"It's time to see where curiosity will take us".

Thank you NASA.

[MattMarsTV]

2:57

Fuk li, i love that name on his computer lol.

[RajarajanPanneerselvam]

Just felt a pure sense of humanity. Wish I were there in that control room. My soul goes to curiosity!!! :)

[imtheonlycathy]

"we have thumbnails! we have thumbnails!"
awesome
So proud of you GO team Curiosity!

[JuanitaHarrisMissHarrisinParis]

How is it that one of the most amazing feats of science only gets 541 thousand hits? How is this not the most amazing thing ever???

[Enatbyte]

3:11
^ Magical button that gives you goosebumps!