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Curiosity Mars mission | Pics NASA's Curiosity Mars lander settled down on the Red Planet as scheduled, no problems, thank you ma'am, nothing to worry about ... oh, what is it? a quarter of a billion miles from here or so?

Nice job, mates.

A news conference is being held as we post this note, but we thought you might enjoy a few images from the live feed before that momentous and deservedly self-congratulatory event concludes:

Happy, maybe? Many years of preparation culminates in a moment of exultation and relief

Y'know, few of us puny humans will ever enjoy such a moment of celebratory togetherness (or such bland uniforms)

Yes, that's the shadow of the rover Curiosity in the image on the left – nice...

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Congratulations too for the BBC who have finally found something more important than the Olympics to headline on their news site.

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Saw it live from NASA

I subverted the digital signage in the Lobby to show the NASA feed instead of adverts so everyone in the building could watch.

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Gold Medal to the NASA team!

This is what science and engineering are all about. Centuries of astronomy, maths, and engineering. Bloody marvellous! More inspirational than the Olympics.

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