We can stop worrying whether Odyssey will be in position to relay the entire MSL landing: we've just got confirmation that the orbiter has successfully completed its roll, meaning that we should get detailed telemetry of MSL's entire descent and we'll know within the hour whether everything went okay. Stay tuned!
Evan Ackerman
Evan Ackerman is a senior editor at IEEE Spectrum. Since 2007, he has written over 6,000 articles on robotics and technology. He has a degree in Martian geology and is excellent at playing bagpipes.
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