Find out why NASA engineers call the upcoming Mars landing "Seven Minutes of Terror"
Stop what you're doing and watch this. Invite whoever you're with to watch it, too. In just 44 days, NASA will attempt the most amazing planetary landing in the history of space exploration.
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