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MSL landed on August 5 2012 at 10:32 PM PDT (05:32 6 August 2012 UTC.)<ref name="launch date announcement">{{cite web | author=Guy Webster |title=Geometry Drives Selection Date for 2011 Mars Launch |url=http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2010-171 |publisher=NASA/JPL-Caltech| accessdate=September 22, 2011}}</ref><ref name="Gale Crater">{{cite web |last1=Webster |first1=Guy |last2=Brown |first2=Dwayne |title=NASA's Next Mars Rover To Land At Gale Crater |date=July 22, 2011 |publisher=[[NASA JPL]] |url=http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2011-222#1 |accessdate=July 22, 2011 }}</ref><ref name="Gale Crater2">{{cite web |last1= Chow |first1=Dennis |title=NASA's Next Mars Rover to Land at Huge Gale Crater |url=http://www.space.com/12394-nasa-mars-rover-landing-site-unveiled.html |date=July 22, 2011 |publisher=[[Space.com]] |accessdate=July 22, 2011 }}</ref><ref name="Gale Crater3"/>
Due to the Mars-Earth distance at the time of landing and the radio signals [[speed of light|limited speed]], at the time the landing was registered on earth it had happened already 14 minutes before.
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