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Nasa’s Curiosity Rover has transmitted its first colour photo and a low-resolution video showing the last two-and-a-half minutes of its white-knuckle dive through the Martian atmosphere, giving us earthlings a sneak peek of a spacecraft landing on another world.

IF there is life on Mars and “it” decides to visit our humble planet, well, chances are Island Roy in Donegal will be the first alien landfall.