NASA's next Mars rover will land at the foot of a layered mountain inside the planet's Gale crater the size of the combined area of Connecticut and Rhode Island. The Mars Science Laboratory, or Curiosity, is scheduled to launch late...
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Yesterday, NASA announced that its next Mars rover, the Mars Science Laboratory (alias: Curiosity), was on track for a precision landing near Mount Sharp in the center of Gale Crater. The peak is made up of layers of sedimentary ro... Read Post
Onto Gale. – Ben NASA’s Next Mars Rover to Land at Gale Crater PASADENA, Calif. — NASA’s next Mars rover will land at the foot of a layered mountain inside the planet’s Gale crater. The car-sized Mars Science Laboratory, or Curiosit... Read Post
Curiosity, NASA's car-sized rover, also known as the Mars Science Lab, is scheduled for launch in late November or early December 2011 from the Kennedy Space Center. After an eight-month voyage to Mars, Curiosity will land at the fo... Read Post