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Here's some good resources on the landing:

* An overview on CosmoQuoest.org: http://cosmoquest.org/blog/2012/08/curiosity-landing-remembe...

* A Google+ hangout that'll be covering the landing: https://plus.google.com/events/c7c2fbd2gil25fjimln1jnr1134/1...

* Conversion of the landing time into various time zones: http://timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=NASA+Cu...



Here are some more I've collected:

Awesome 3D live in-browser visualization of Curiosity's journey: http://eyes.nasa.gov/ [doesn't work on ubuntu :( ]

There are Curiosity landing parties going on around the world, see map: http://bit.ly/NFwMTk

Curiosity Twitter account: https://twitter.com/MarsCuriosity

NASA TV will stream landing live at: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html

Picture of the 3 generations of rovers next to people for size comparison: http://bit.ly/NZBKb3

A well-produced video of 7 minutes of terror, if you haven't seen it yet: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/video/index.cfm?id=1090


Here's another one: NASA TV again, but in HD: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/ustream.html


Link to the JPL site http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/


That's Fraser Cain's Hangout. There's also the official SETI Hangout going on earlier than that. Then they'll join Fraser Cain later on.

https://plus.google.com/events/c5otcpguo0im3qmgblsf1fadeqs/1...


If you're in NYC, it's being broadcast in Times Square. http://www.space.com/16833-mars-rover-landing-times-square-n...




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