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Just hours after the Curiosity rover landed
successfully on Mars, the US space agency stressed its work was just
beginning.
"The surface mission of curiosity has now begun," said mission
manager Mike Watkins, noting that the awe-inspiring landing was only
the first step. "We're just starting that mission, we're not ending
it."
NASA said the craft's first day on Mars was devoted primarily to
checking to make sure all its instruments were working properly, and
so far everything looked to be in order.
It also unveiled a photograph of the craft falling through the
Martian atmosphere attached to a giant parachute that was snapped by
the orbiting Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter satellite.
