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NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory, called Curiosity, blasted off today from Cape Canaveral, FL atop an Atlas V rocket on its way to Mars. The ambitious mission will place the most advanced space rover yet conceived on the red planet, in hopes of discerning whether Mars has ever been home to microbial life. Following today’s successful 10 AM launch, the rover will cruise to Mars arriving in August 2012.
(via NASA, @MarsCuriosity)
- MSL readies for launch
- We’re big into blastoffs here at Geekosystem
- Also: There aren’t any aliens on Earth, promise
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Published: Nov 26, 2011 11:00 am