Following a one-day delay, NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory mission featuring its new Curiosity rover is now scheduled for launch on Saturday, Nov. 26, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Representing the largest and most advanced rover ever sent to the Red Planet, the automobile-sized Curiosity vehicle will look for evidence of water, carbon and other key elements in the Martian soil and atmosphere in the hopes of determining whether Mars has ever had the potential to support life.
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Fully Loaded Curiosity Rover Readies for Trek to Red Planet
Posted by: Katherine Noyes November 21, 2011 03:31 PMFollowing a one-day delay, NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory mission featuring its new Curiosity rover is now scheduled for launch on Saturday, Nov. 26, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Representing the largest and most advanced rover ever sent to the Red Planet, the automobile-sized Curiosity vehicle will look for evidence of water, carbon and other key elements in the Martian soil and atmosphere in the hopes of determining whether Mars has ever had the potential to support life.