The Rover Curiosity, NASAs newest and largest ever rover touched down on Mars today, August 6th 2012 with touchdown being confirmed at 06:32 UTC. Touchdown of course occured 14 minutes earlier but due to the 14 minute delay in signals reaching Earth took longer to be confirmed.<br /><br />Immediately after touchdown the teams celebrated as images from the Rovers cameras began downlinking, confirming wheels down and contact made with Mars!
