Curiosity, the biggest, heaviest and most complex rover, landed successfully on Mars this evening.

Curiosity experiences its Seven Minutes of Terror tonight, or becomes loose parts scattered across Mars.

Curiosity is on it’s way this morning to Mars for the next eight months. Launched this morning atop an Atlas V vehicle, Curiosity is the size of a small car, several times the weight, and carries many times the scientific instruments of its predecessor rovers, Spirit and Opportunity.