Rube Goldberg Meets Mars
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August 5, 2012 A "sky crane," shown in this illustration, successfully lowered Mars Science Laboratory the final few feet to the Martian surface at approximately 12:31 a.m. CDT August 6. The rover quickly transmitted a few thumbnail images, with full images scheduled for later in the day. The crane winched MSL's Curiosity rover down a cable to its safe touchdown.[NASA/JPL]
