It was picture-perfect. We could not have scripted anything better.

This spacecraft is going to rewrite the science textbooks on Mars.

I'm greatly relieved. We could not have scripted something better.

We are getting into the dangerous portion of the mission. The cruise has not been easy, but now we are starting to enter into the realm where we have lost two spacecraft in the last 15 years.

This spacecraft will return more data than all previous Mars missions combined.

We have accomplished an awful lot, but we are getting to the dangerous part of the mission.