Published August 06, 2012, 12:00 AM

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Members of the media listen as Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate John Grunsfeld, seated onstage at left, and NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory director Charles Elachi, right, present an overview of the status and plans for NASA's Science Mission Directorate at JPL in Pasadena, Calif., Sunday. After traveling 8 1/2 months and 352 million miles, Curiosity attempted a landing on Mars Sunday night. (AP photo)
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