Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Flight Dynamics and Operations Lead for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Mars Science Laboratory Entry, Descent, and Landing team
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Allen Chen
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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 . Astrophysicist Ian O'Neill is space science producer for Discovery News .
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'Curiosity' Lands Safely on the Red Planet NASA's rover Curiosity survived " seven minutes of terror " last night to begin one of the most ambitious missions to another planet in human history. After Curiosity landed last night, it took 14 minutes for the message to arrive in the control room at the JPL in Pasadena, where it was greeted with cheers and elation. Allen Chen is flight dynamics and operations lead for the Curiosity descent and landing team at Jet Propulsion Laboratory . Astrophysicist Ian O'Neill is space science producer for Discovery News .
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