If you were riding on the Mars Science Laboratory Descent Vehicle, that flying saucer-like shell that hovered above Curiosity’s parachute, it might have felt something like this. The series of still images were compiled by SpaceFlight101 .
You earned it, guys! Here are a bunch of NASA employees rightfully getting emotional about the Curiosity rover’s successful touchdown on Mars.
Photos taken shortly after the emergency landing of a Cathay Pacific plane, which burst into flames mid-flight. Fortunately no one was injured. View List ›
