Comments on: Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter last night captured a spectacular image of Curiosity descending by parachute to the surface of Mars. https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/mars-reconnaissance-orbiter-last-night-captured-a-spectacular-image-of-curiosity-descending-by-parachute-to-the-surface-of-mars/ Tue, 07 Aug 2012 02:58:07 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Blair Ivey https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/mars-reconnaissance-orbiter-last-night-captured-a-spectacular-image-of-curiosity-descending-by-parachute-to-the-surface-of-mars/#comment-57543 Tue, 07 Aug 2012 02:58:07 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=18863#comment-57543 A stop-motion video of the descent is here

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/videogallery/index.html?collection_id=14661&media_id=149974611,

complete with dust kicked up by the rockets.

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