NASA to Launch Huge Mars Rover Saturday

by Mike Wall, SPACE.com Senior Writer

Date: 25 November 2011 Time: 05:56 PM ET

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The Curiosity rover, nestled atop its Atlas 5 rocket, was rolled out to its launchpad at Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Nov. 25, 2011, to prepare for its blastoff on Nov. 26. CREDIT: Mike Wall/SPACE.com View full size image

NASA plans to launch its newest Mars rover tomorrow (Nov. 26), a beast of a robot that officials say is the most complex and capable planetary explorer ever built.
Technicians rolled the car-size Curiosity rover and its Atlas 5 rocket to their pad at Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Friday morning (Nov. 25) to prepare for liftoff, which is slated for Saturday at 10:02 a.m. EST (1502 GMT).

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