i just hope he keeps doing this. it entertains me to no end. it is like the moon landing except this one is real. the robotic explorer curiosity has touched down on mars on a mission to learn if life ever existed on the red planet. folks, it is folks at the nasa jet propulsion lab jumped for joy at 1:32 a.m. mars time. it was only three hours time difference, surprisingly. one dude seemed to get the news light years ahead of everyone else. the attempt is good. touchdown confirmed. we are safe on mars. the landing was an engineering triumph. that s curiosity cut through the martian atmosphere. it is 13 miles per hour and then the cables gently lowered the rover to the ground. nasa released this video of the historic landing.