NASA Mars Mission 2011, Curiosity Mars Rover is already aboard in United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket on November 26, 2011 at 10:02 a.m. EST.
NASA Mars Mission 2011
Curiosity begins a 9-month trip to Mars
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| Image Credit: NASA/Darrell L. McCall |
According to NASA, United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket clears the tower at Space launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Sealed inside the rocket’s protective payload fairing in NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) spacecraft, beginning a 9-month interplanetary cruise to Mars.
Together with Curiosity, MSL’s other component includes, 10 science instruments designed to search for signs of life, including methane, and help determine if the gas is from a biological of geological source.
NASA Mars Mission 2011: Curiosity begins a 9-month trip to Mars
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