Blue Sky on Mars
The cover of the album features an image by Viking 1, the first spacecraft to land on Mars; the album's liner notes include additional imagery of the planet's landscape as taken by the spacecraft on July 20, 1976. The text on the cover was done by fantastic artist Roger Dean, best known for his work on album covers for bands such as Yes. The album's title comes from the tour in the film "Total Recall".
Mars landing
The Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) (and Curiosity rover), launched in November 2011, landed on Aeolis Palus, between Peace Vallis and Aeolis Mons ("Mount Sharp"), in Gale Crater on Mars on August 6, 2012, 05:17 UTC. The landing site was in "Quad 51" ("Yellowknife") of "Aeolis Palus" near the base of "Aeolis Mons". The landing site was less than from the center of the rover's planned target site after a journey. NASA named the landing site "Bradbury Landing", in honor of author Ray Bradbury, on August 22, 2012.