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Mars rover Curiosity lands safely on Red Planet, winning plaudits for NASA (VIDEO)
The Curiosity rover made a perilous entry into the Martian atmosphere.
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Telecom engineer Peter Ilott hugs a colleague, celebrating a successful landing inside the Spaceflight Operations Facility for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover at Jet Propulsion Laboratory on August 5, 2012 in Pasadena, California.

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