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A fourth landing site workshop was held in late September 2010,<ref>[http://marsoweb.nas.nasa.gov/landingsites/msl/workshops/4th_workshop/program.html Presentations for the Fourth MSL Landing Site Workshop] September 2010</ref> and the fifth and final workshop May 16–18, 2011.<ref>[http://www.marstoday.com/news/viewsr.rss.html?pid=36353 Second Announcement for the Final MSL Landing Site Workshop and Call for Papers] March 2011</ref> On July 22, 2011, it was announced that [[Gale (crater)|Gale Crater]] had been selected as the landing site of the Mars Science Laboratory mission. 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.

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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