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Mars Rover Curiosity Successfully Lands on Red Planet

Thread starter ARRL
Start date Aug 6, 2012

ARRL

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Aug 6, 2012

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) confirmed that the rover Curiosity -- after a 36 week space flight -- landed successfully on Mars at 10:32 PM PDT on August 5 (0532 UTC August 6). Built by JPL and launched by NASA on November 26, 2011, the 2000 pound machine features something that radio amateurs are sure to appreciate: Morse code.

If you look carefully at Curiosity’s wheels, you might notice...

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Mars Rover Curiosity Successfully Lands on Red Planet

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