Curiosity has landed -- time to tend the garden

by Timothy Rutt

 

Curiosity descending -- EDL team was on tenterhooks at this point!

Now that Curiosity is safely on Mars, Altadenan Adam Steltzner, the  Entry/Descent/Landing team leader, can relax with the knowledge of a job well done.

 

Here's a feature on Stelztner, who's journey to Mars began as a rock-n-roller, on NPR.

And here's another (NPR must love him) on engineering his garden (ignore that they say he's in Pasadena, what do they know?)

Thanks to Leslie Lowes of the JPL Education Office (and a Chaney Trail neighborhood resident) for pointing these out.