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Curiosity Speaks (Artist's Concept)

Click on the image for the animation The artist's animation depicts how NASA's Curiosity rover will communicate with Earth during landing. As the rover descends to Mars, it will send out basic radio-frequency tones that go directly to Earth. NASA's Odyssey orbiter will then relay more complex UHF radio signals from the rover to Earth.

Image credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Image released by NASA on 2012-08-04 as catalog id PIA15967