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The mood at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory mission control center in California quickly changed from anxiety to exhilaration, with cheers erupting, as soon as engineers confirmed that the Curiosity rover made a perfect landing on Mars August 6, after a nearly 9-month voyage from Earth.
美國國家航空宇航局位于加利福尼亞州的噴氣推進實驗室任務控制中心的緊張氣氛一下轉為歡欣鼓舞，掌聲雷動。隨著好奇號于8月6日在火星上完美降落，結束了太空9個月的旅程，工程師們終于舒了一口氣。
Mars Science Lab team members were jubilant as they learned the rover's parachute had deployed, its rocket thrusters had ignited, and its skycrane had activated for a flawless touchdown.
火星科學實驗小組的成員們得知漫游者的降落傘打開，火箭推進器點燃了，并自動完美著陸后，一片歡呼。
Within minutes, Curiosity provided its first black and white image from Mars. The rover sent an image of its wheel, proof of a solid landing.
幾分鐘內，好奇號就傳回了第一批黑白照片。漫游者傳回了一張車輪的照片，證明了這個完美的著陸。
At a news briefing Monday afternoon, NASA showed more images from Curiosity's first few hours on its new home planet.
周一下午的簡報上，宇航局傳回了好奇號著陸頭幾個小時傳回的一些圖片。
One showed a windswept Martian plain. Scientists say another shows what might be an outline of Mount Sharp, the peak in Gale Crater that is expected to yield information about the planet's evolution.
其中一張圖片顯示了火星上的風力形成的平原。科學家們稱另一張圖片顯示了蓋爾環形山高聳的山峰，蓋爾環形山被認為是火星演變的重要研究對象。
