Curiosity probe lands on Mars

( FRED PROUSER, REUTERS / August 6, 2012 )

Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover flight controllers and managers (L-R) NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, JPL director Charles Elachi, NASA associate administrator John Grunsfeld, Richard Cook, Pete Theisinger, Adam Steltzner and John Grotzinger stand as they celebrate after a successful rover landing, during a news conference at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena, California August 5, 2012. The Mars science rover Curiosity landed on the Martian surface shortly after 10:30 p.m. Pacific time on Sunday.