Nasa's Curiosity rover successfully lands on Mars

[Saint J 77]

The US space agency has just landed a huge new robot rover on Mars.

 

The one-tonne vehicle, known as Curiosity, was reported to have landed in a deep crater near the planet's equator at 06:32 BST (05:32 GMT).

 

It will now embark on a mission of at least two years to look for evidence that Mars may once have supported life.

 

A signal confirming the rover was on the ground safely was relayed to Earth via Nasa's Odyssey satellite, which is in orbit around the Red Planet.

 

Brilliant news. I'm really pleased to hear this, I can't wait to see what they find out over the next couple of years!

 

[doubleonothing]

You can even follow the rover on twitter. Yup Curiosity has its own twitter feed!

 

It was a risky landing strategy that paid off. Hope they find some interesting things up there!

[SaintRichmond]

You can even follow the rover on twitter. Yup Curiosity has its own twitter feed!

 

It was a risky landing strategy that paid off. Hope they find some interesting things up there!

 

 

First reportsindicate that Mars has more atmosphere than the F*rton Kr*p hovel

[Saint J 77]

You can even follow the rover on twitter. Yup Curiosity has its own twitter feed!

 

It was a risky landing strategy that paid off. Hope they find some interesting things up there!

 

Yeah I saw that, very cool. The rover's first Twitter feed announced: "I'm safely on the surface of Mars. GALE CRATER I AM IN YOU!!!"

 

https://twitter.com/MarsCuriosity

[Toomer]

You can even follow the rover on twitter. Yup Curiosity has its own twitter feed!

 

It was a risky landing strategy that paid off. Hope they find some interesting things up there!

 

If it can Twitter there must be life on Mars, for the free Wi Fi connection.

[Horley CTFC Saint]

Yeah I saw that, very cool. The rover's first Twitter feed announced: "I'm safely on the surface of Mars. GALE CRATER I AM IN YOU!!!"

 

https://twitter.com/MarsCuriosity

By a strange coincidence I was once in Gail Crater - wonder whats she's doing on Mars?

[Saint J 77]

By a strange coincidence I was once in Gail Crater - wonder whats she's doing on Mars?

 

haha yes, I was going to say, I thought that curiosity made a poor choice of words for its first twitter.

[Jonnyboy]

http://twitter.com/SarcasticRover

[Saint J 77]

http://twitter.com/SarcasticRover

 

First data from MARS! Lots of rocks, mostly red, everything's cold, surprisingly high levels of depression.

 

haha