NASA’s ‘Curiosity’ Exploring Mars

Nasa is celebrating the precision-landing of its Curiosity rover on Mars. Scientists and engineers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory have been celebrating and even oohing and ahhing as the rover beams back its first images of the Martian landscape.

The first grainy, black-and-white images sent back by Curiosity show Martian gravel, with nearby landmark Mount Sharp visible in the background. Alongside the photographs, scientists released a low-resolution video of the spacecraft’s plunge through the Red Planet’s atmosphere.

Curiosity, a one-ton rambling laboratory the size of a compact car, landed directly on target late on Sunday night after an eight-month, 352 million-mile journey.

Although the deployment of Curiosity on Mars represents a noteworthy advancement in mankind’s exploration of space, our capacity to discover the rest of the universe remains incredibly limited. Yet the Holy Bible repeatedly states that God did not create the universe in vain. In fact, Mars and the entire immense universe beyond is intended to be inhabited. To prove this mind-boggling future for yourself, read our booklet Our Awesome Universe Potential.