IRVINE, Calif. – It's here. August 6th – the date that animated every space science Ph.D. into giddy teenagers. Glued to YouTube, our eyes fixated for "seven minutes of terror," we waited. And then, with two words, every confidence in NASA was restored. The Mars Rover Curiosity landed. <br />
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Eruptions of applause followed by a string of hugs filled JPL's control room; and we, the onlookers, basked in the glory that we were able to witness a piece of history ...This story is related to the following:Spacecraft