We have so many spacecraft on Mars, one can take a picture of another as it lands.


We have so many spacecraft on Mars, one can take a picture of another as it lands.

Originally shared by Philip Plait (The Bad Astronomer)

Curiosity picture taken as it descended to Mars!

Check. This. OUT. The MRO probe caught Curiosity suspended under its parachute as it slowly descended to the surface of another world! 

Amazing.

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/08/06/mars-orbiter-catches-pic-of-curiosity-on-its-way-down/

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