Gallery: Mars rover lands

Image shot off a video screen from Nasa TV shows members of the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) team celebrating inside the Spaceflight Operations Facility for Nasa's Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover at Jet Propulsion Laboratory after receiving the first few images from the Curiosity rover.

Image shot off a video screen from Nasa TV shows members of the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) team celebrating inside the Spaceflight Operations Facility for Nasa's Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover at Jet Propulsion Laboratory after receiving the first few images from the Curiosity rover.

One of the first images from the Curiosity rover is pictured of its wheel after it successfully landed on Mars.

One of the first images from the Curiosity rover is pictured of its wheel after it successfully landed on Mars.

Members of the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) team celebrating inside the Spaceflight Operations Facility for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover at Jet Propulsion Laboratory after receiving the first few images from the Curiosity rover.

Members of the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) team celebrating inside the Spaceflight Operations Facility for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover at Jet Propulsion Laboratory after receiving the first few images from the Curiosity rover.