4 ms·nitpick - it was Curiosity that came down on Mars using a sky crane, Odyssey was an earlier missionby angrygoat 9y agonitpick - it was Curiosity that came down on Mars using a sky crane, Odyssey was an earlier missionchasd00 9y agothanks, i updated my posthinkley 9y agoI had to look it up. Curiosity was the lander, Odyssey is the relay satellite. Both are the same mission. Before the sky crane we had the bouncy ball, and both had supersonic parachutes which is also a mind bender.