Historic Mars Landing

Today (Aug 5, 2012) the Mars rover Curiosity is scheduled to land on the red planet.  Here are a few videos to bring you up-to-speed with the historic event. 

The challenges NASA faced

Curiosity's communications system

SciShow's overview

Learn more about the project at NASA's official site. 

Update: Mars Curiosity Successfully landed on the red planet. See entire entry here: