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LIVE VIDEO: NASA Mars Curiosity Rover Livestream

The video below will keep you updated on the progress of JPL's mission on the surface of Mars.

On Sunday evening, JPL engineers celebrated the landing of the Curosity Mars rover, an event that everyone could view streaming on the Internet.

But now that the rover has landed, the live coverage is not over: the above feed from JPL will keep you updated on the rover's progress, provide new images and more.

The first images from the rover transmitted two hours later, NASA reported:

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"Curiosity's landing site is beginning to come into focus," said John Grotzinger, project manager of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission, at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. "In the image, we are looking to the northwest. What you see on the horizon is the rim of Gale Crater. In the foreground, you can see a gravel field. The question is, where does this gravel come from? It is the first of what will be many scientific questions to come from our new home on Mars."

President Barack Obama released a statement marking the historic achievement:

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The successful landing of Curiosity – the most sophisticated roving laboratory ever to land on another planet – marks an unprecedented feat of technology that will stand as a point of national pride far into the future. It proves that even the longest of odds are no match for our unique blend of ingenuity and determination.

Tonight’s success, delivered by NASA, parallels our major steps forward towards a vision for a new partnership with American companies to send American astronauts into space on American spacecraft. That partnership will save taxpayer dollars while allowing NASA to do what it has always done best – push the very boundaries of human knowledge. And tonight’s success reminds us that our preeminence – not just in space, but here on Earth – depends on continuing to invest wisely in the innovation, technology, and basic research that has always made our economy the envy of the world.

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