NASA to Broadcast Mars Rover Landing From NYC's Times Square Sunday Night

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Space.com
by SPACE.com Staff

Date: 31 July 2012 Time: 04:00 PM ET

Curiosity Rover Lands
This illustration depicts the moment immediately after the Curiosity rover touches down on the Red Planet. CREDIT: NASA

NEW YORK — NASA's biggest Mars rover landing yet is about to hit Broadway.

New Yorkers hoping to see the Aug. 5/6 landing of NASA's huge Mars rover Curiosity alongside like-minded space fans can head to Times Square here on Sunday night (Aug. 5) to catch the rover's touchdown on the Red Planet live on a giant LED television screen.

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