Video: Seven Minutes of Terror

In this 2011 artist's rendering provided by Nasa/JPL-Caltech, the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover examines a rock on Mars with a set of tools at the end of its arm.

In this 2011 artist's rendering provided by Nasa/JPL-Caltech, the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover examines a rock on Mars with a set of tools at the end of its arm.

Published Aug 2, 2012

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A popular Internet video by Nasa called “Seven Minutes of Terror” depicts the high drama involved with the first-ever attempt to use a rocket-powered sky crane to lower the car-sized machine gently onto the surface of the Red Planet.

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