Tonight we took some time away from the Olympics to watch yet another remarkable moment in our history and the exploration of space. The anticipated landing of Curiosity on to the surface of Mars had a lot of people holding their breaths especially the men and women at JPL who put in countless hours of work to make this possible. So when the news came over the headsets that Curiosity had landed, you couldn’t help but feel just as excited. To see it land and then moments later start receiving pictures is incredible. Yet another step forward in space exploration and if all goes as planned the ability to learn even more about the red planet. What an exciting moment and I am so glad we were able to see it! Here is the video footage from JPL’s control room as well as a few of the first photo’s from Curiosity.  You can also follow and check for updates of pictures and footage on the JPL/NASA website by clicking here.

Mars surface and one of Curiosity’s wheels.

This image was captured by the Mars Orbitor as Curiosity began its dissent to the Mars surface.

Curiosities shadow on the Mars surface

High Resolution pictures from Curiosity on the Mars surface. Just incredible!