That's great news ! …
Looks like we've got goer in so far as getting there !
Let's hope the descent stage goes as smoothly !
Looking forward to much/many scientific returns once at Gale crater, incidentally named after an Australian/Sydney-sider (eastern suburbs - Paddington), Amateur Astronomer/Banker called
Walter Frederick Gale, (for those interested).
Cheers
PS: Here's another interesting snippet … it appears that the radioisotope thermoelectric generator aboard Curiosity is made entirely with Russian Plutonium !