Curiosity Has Landed

Things are looking good. Coming soon to the entrance Vehicle Report Entry Interface We're starting to feel the atmosphere as we enter here. Very good, reports that we are seeing G on the order of 11 or 12 Earth. The Bank 2 of G reversal is beginning. We are now receiving telemetry. from Odyssey We should have the parachute deployed around Mach 1.7 The parachute has deployed We are decelerating The heat shield has separated, we are locked to the ground We are descending at 90 meters per second to an altitude of 6.5 kilometers and descending At waiting for rear shell separation We are in powered flight We are at 1 kilometer altitude and descending Waiting for the sky crane The sky crane is starting The Odyssey signal is still strong Landing confirmed!

We are safe on Mars! cheers, applause. We have miniatures. It's a wheel! It's a wheel! Music