Lisa Grossman, reporter
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Curiosity, the latest and greatest in a long line of Mars rovers, is set to touch down on the Red Planet at 10.31 pm on 5 August PDT (5.31 am, 6 August GMT). I'm at mission control at the Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena, California, with a front-row view of the scientists' triumph - or heartbreak. Either way, it
could be the last such major mission.
I'll be tweeting a play-by-play report of the landing and the aftermath, from the
supersonic parachute to the Sky Crane to the new rover's very first images. Follow along here and at
@newscientist. In the meantime,
explore Mars for yourself here.
