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English: The Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) team in the MSL Mission Support Area react after learning the the Curiosity rove has landed safely on Mars and images start coming in at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Mars, Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012 in Pasadena, Calif. The MSL Rover named Curiosity was designed to assess whether Mars ever had an environment able to support small life forms called microbes.

Date

6 August 2012

Source

http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/images/?ImageID=4208

Author

NASA/Bill Ingalls

Bill Ingalls

	Description	American photographer
	Authority file	: Q71171454

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