NASA’s largest and most advanced unmanned Mars-exploration robot, the Mars Curiosity Rover, has successfully begun the first part of its 13-part landing phase on Mars: cruise-stage separation. The landing craft portion is traveling about 3.6 miles per second (5.9 km) and is just about 6 minutes away from entering the Martian atmosphere.
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