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I stayed up last night to follow the Curiosity rover landing. Everyone is falling all over Bobak Ferdowsi (and rightly so), but this guy, Steve Collins, was also one of my favorites from the night.

It was really cool that so many things went right during the night. They kept saying that they expected the signal to drop out occasionally, but it rarely did.

I took some screencaps in the minutes leading up to (and following) the landing. I'll create a quick album of them soon and will share it.