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Tracking here Curiosity Rover on Mars: Complete Coverage | Space.com

Mars Rover On Target for Landing
04 August 2012, 09:33 AM EDT
NASA's huge Mars rover Curiosity is just under one day from landing on the Red Planet and right on target, NASA says. Landing set for Sunday, Aug. 5 at 10:31 p.m. PDT (that's 1:31 a.m. EDT, 0531 GMT on Monday, Aug. 6).
In fact, Curiosity is so on target, that NASA has cancelled maneuver to refine its course. "As of 12:35 p.m. today PDT (3:35 p.m. EDT), the Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft was approximately 468,000 miles (753,200 kilometers) from Mars, or a little less than twice the distance from Earth to the moon. It is traveling at about 8,000 mph (3,576 meters per second)," NASA says.
 
Unfortunately, It's gonna go offline at the last minute like most other Mars missions. What's the bet it wont be landing where it looks like there is a forest or in the cydonia region. It will be somewhere very boring.
 
Mars Rover Lands Today: Event Schedule
05 August 2012, 09:17 AM EDT
With NASA's Mars rover Curiosity bearing down on the the Red Planet, there are several TV events set to lead up to the main event.
Don't miss our latest stories for the mission:
Future of Mars Exploration May Ride on NASA's Rover Landing
Mars Rover Landing Prelude: 'Martian Triangle' Visible in Night Sky
NOTE: You can watch NASA's live webcast on SPACE.com by clicking here.
Here's a look at today's schedule on NASA TV:
Sunday, Aug. 5
NOTE: All Times in PDT (+3 for EDT, +7 for GMT)
-- 9:30 a.m.: Final Prelanding Update News Briefing
-- 3 p.m.: NASA Science News Briefing
-- 8:30 p.m. to about 11 p.m.: LANDING at 10:31 p.m. PDT!
-- No earlier than 11:15 p.m.
Post-landing News Briefing
Monday, Aug. 6
-- 12:30 to 1:30 a.m.: Landing Commentary No. 2
-- 9 a.m.: Landing Recap News Briefing
-- 4 p.m.:Possible New Images News Briefing
Complete Coverage:
Mars Rover Curiosity Story Archive
 
I could hear the cheering from pasadena all the way from my place :p

I'm sorta struck on the differences of the methods used on landing their crafts, from spirit and opportunity's rather inglouriously being dropped to the surface swathed in balloons to the intricate sky crane on curiosity. the former two were a bit of an overachiever on longevity, hopefully curiosity will strive to the same
 
I can imagine what a buzz it must be to be on the team that sent a succesfull mission to Mars, considering all the strange failures.

Top marks to all involved. I think it is just amazing humans are sending such stuff so far away. We really are not so earth-bound now and it is thanks to the hard work of many people in NASA and related agencies.
 
I had an opportunity to speak with some of the people behind this mission at the last open house in may, many of them were so young I felt so humble on what they were about to achieve.
 
wahoooooooo! 2012 y2k nastradamus. the mars rover is gonna find some egyptian carvings on the last day of the oylmpics [sic] and then the worlds gonna implode!!!
 
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First pics
 
ROFL !!!! Mike you can consider me good for 10 " likes" on this one.
You really should consider using this as your avatar
 
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