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The Mars rover Curiosity landed on the red planet last August 5 — that's why you are seeing all the news packages. Here's a nice audio summation from NPR's Joe Palca:
Aerospace
Curiosity's year on Mars
More by Kevin Roderick:
'In on merit' at USCRead the memo: LA Times hires again
Read the memo: LA Times losing big on search traffic
Google taking over LA's deadest shopping mall
Gustavo Arellano, many others join LA Times staff
Recent Aerospace stories on LA Observed:
FAA agrees to 2028 close of Santa Monica AirportLAX as you have never seen it
Space shuttle fuel tank arrives at Marina del Rey
Still just Burbank Airport to many of us
Last shuttle fuel tank sailing toward LA
SpaceX launches - and lands - a rocket
LA still leads the U.S. in manufacturing jobs
Final flight of LB's C-17 Globemaster
