NASA’s Next Mars Rover Launches Successfully Perched atop an Atlas V rocket, the Mars rover Curiosity began its 252-day journey to the red planet this morning. The rover is the size of a small car, and is slated for almost two years of continuous probing and exploration starting next year. Its landing will be a nail-biting experience, as it’s the largest craft ever delivered to Mars, but its slate of on-board scientific instruments will provide us with information about our planetary neighbor like never before. (via Wired Science, image via NASA/JPL)
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NASA’s Next Mars Rover Launches Successfully

Perched atop an Atlas V rocket, the Mars rover Curiosity began its 252-day journey to the red planet this morning.

The rover is the size of a small car, and is slated for almost two years of continuous probing and exploration starting next year. Its landing will be a nail-biting experience, as it’s the largest craft ever delivered to Mars, but its slate of on-board scientific instruments will provide us with information about our planetary neighbor like never before.

(via Wired Science, image via NASA/JPL)

Source: Wired

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