Monday, August 6, 2012

A Toast to JPL Curiosity Mission Control



JPL mission controllers broke out jars of peanuts shortly before Curiosity's landing. It’s a tradition before critical mission events that started with the first successful Ranger mission to the moon in the 1960s. A JPL staffer was eating peanuts at the time, so the staff figured the peanuts brought good luck! 
Looks like they worked again... Photo Credit: NASA-TV

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