NASA/Jet Propulsion Lab:
NASA Launches Most Capable and Robust Rover to Mars
November 26, 2011
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA began a historic voyage to Mars with the
Nov. 26 launch of the Mars Science Laboratory, which carries a car-sized
rover named Curiosity. Liftoff from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
aboard an Atlas V rocket occurred at 10:02 a.m. EST (7:02 a.m. PST).MORE: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2011-362&cid=release_2011-362
Space.com:
Next Stop Mars! Huge NASA Rover Launches Toward Red Planet
by Mike Wall, SPACE.com Senior Writer
Date: 26 November 2011 Time: 10:03 AM ET
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NASA's Mars rover Curiosity blasts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Nov. 26, 2011. CREDIT: NASA TV |
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA has launched its next Mars rover, kicking off a long-awaited mission to investigate whether the Red Planet could ever have hosted microbial life.
MORE: http://www.space.com/13738-nasa-mars-rover-curiosity-msl-launch.html
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