Curiosity, the largest and most advanced spacecraft ever sent to
another planet, stuck its extraordinary landing Sunday night in
triumphant and flawless fashion, and is poised to begin its
pioneering, two-year hunt for the building blocks of life -
signs that Earth's creatures may not be not alone in the
universe.
NASA's $2.5-billion mission involved the work of more than 5,000
people from 37 states, some of whom had labored for 10 years to
hear the two words that Al Chen, a Jet Propulsion Laboratory
engineer, said inside mission control at 10:32 p.m.: “Touchdown
confirmed.”Do you think life
exists elsewhere in the universe?
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