Sol 1: Rover wakes up for health checks on Mars

By Nicky Phillips
Updated August 7 2012 - 3:18pm, first published 2:30pm
What a view ... An image taken by NASA's Curiosity rover showing Mars' Mount Sharp in the distance.
What a view ... An image taken by NASA's Curiosity rover showing Mars' Mount Sharp in the distance.
Touchdown ... In this image, NASA's Curiosity rover and its parachute, left, descend to the Martian surface.
Touchdown ... In this image, NASA's Curiosity rover and its parachute, left, descend to the Martian surface.
In this image from NASA TV, shot off a video screen, one of the first images from the Curiosity rover is pictured of its wheel after it successfully landed on Mars.
In this image from NASA TV, shot off a video screen, one of the first images from the Curiosity rover is pictured of its wheel after it successfully landed on Mars.
Isn't she lovely ... Mars, as pictured by the Hubble telescope in 2003.
Isn't she lovely ... Mars, as pictured by the Hubble telescope in 2003.

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