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Preview: Season 39 Episode 15 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Airs Wednesday, December 11, 2013 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings.
Witness the exhilarating moments of Curiosity’s Mars landing — and the spectacular discoveries afterward.
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Preview: Season 39 Episode 15 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Witness the exhilarating moments of Curiosity’s Mars landing — and the spectacular discoveries afterward.
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Clip: S39 Ep15 | 2m 54s | NASA untangles why a parachute failed during tests prior to the Curiosity landing. (2m 54s)
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Clip: S39 Ep15 | 1m 34s | Engineers who landed the Curiosity rover on Mars recall their early love of space. (1m 34s)
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