Mars Touchdown! – View Latest Video and Images from Mars Landing by NASA Curiosity Rover

Mars Touchdown! - View Latest Video and Images from Mars Landing by NASA Curiosity Rover

JPL Team celebrates as first pictures from Mars Stream back to Earth sent by the Curiosity Rover just minutes after touchdown.

At the completion of a successful entry and touchdown on the surface of Mars at 01:32am eastern today, the Mars Rover Curiosity transmitted the first images just minutes later at 01:34am eastern time back to us here on Earth. Thanks to the internet, viewers all over the world can watch the latest Mars landing videos and see images from the surface online.

The team at JPL in Pasadena broke into cheers and tears as the Curiosity rover relayed the first data back to Earth indicating that the rover had completed a successful touchdown on the surface of Mars right on time at 1:32am eastern today.

In the image you can see the JPL team celebrating as the first hi-resolution black and white pictures stream back from Mars. Once some checks are completed more detailed hi-resolution color images with begin to flow back to Earth as well. More Mars images can be seen at the bottom of the page.

The live and recorded video of Mars, streamed online from NASA, can be watched below. As more images continue to stream in, we will post some of the newest images on this site as well.

Watch latest online video of Mars from the Curiosity Mars Rover and NASA TV here


Live video from your Android device on Ustream

View latest images of Mars from the NASA Curiosity Mars Rover here

Picture where you can see the Mars Curiosity shadow in Gale Crater on Mars

Picture where you can see the Mars Curiosity shadow in Gale Crater on Mars



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Pircute from Curiosity Mars Rover without lens cover

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