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'Curiosity' Lands Safely on the Red Planet

After Curiosity landed last night, it took 14 minutes for the message to arrive in the control room at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena. The room erupted in cheers and elation. Allen Chen is flight dynamics and operations lead for the Curiosity descent and landing team at JPL .

By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

After Curiosity landed last night, it took 14 minutes for the message to arrive in the control room at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena. The room erupted in cheers and elation. Allen Chen is flight dynamics and operations lead for the Curiosity descent and landing team at JPL. Astrophysicist Ian O'Neill is space science producer for Discovery News.

Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Anna Scott
Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter
Sonya Geis
Senior Managing Editor
Caitlin Shamberg
KCRW
Allen Chen
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Ian O'Neill
astrophysicist and science writer

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Which Way, L.A.?

'Curiosity' Lands Safely on the Red Planet

After Curiosity landed last night, it took 14 minutes for the message to arrive in the control room at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena. The room erupted in cheers and elation. Allen Chen is flight dynamics and operations lead for the Curiosity descent and landing team at JPL .

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Which Way, L.A.?

'Curiosity' Lands Safely on the Red Planet

After Curiosity landed last night, it took 14 minutes for the message to arrive in the control room at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena. The room erupted in cheers and elation. Allen Chen is flight dynamics and operations lead for the Curiosity descent and landing team at JPL .

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