Touchdown on Mars! After months of traveling through space and seven final harrowing minutes, the Curiosity rover successfully landed on the red planet early Monday morning. We’re joined by an Adler Planetarium astrophysicist to talk about this astounding achievement, and what the rover will do from here on out on Chicago Tonight at 7:00 pm. View a photo gallery of Curiosity's photos from Mars and watch an animated video of the landing.

Relive the nail-biting terror and joy as NASA's Curiosity rover successfully lands on Mars.

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