Category: Mars Rover

November 27, 2011

NASA Launches Super-Size Mars Rover to Red Planet

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At 10:02 AM Eastern Standard Time, the one-ton Mars Science Laboratory began its eight-and-a-half month mission to the Red Planet. Here's the video in case you slept in this morning. And for your perusal, here's our

At 10:02 AM Eastern Standard …

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NASA launches largest-ever Mars rover

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Its payload was the rover Curiosity, the largest and most sophisticated in a series of robotic vehicles that NASA has sent to Mars. Built at JPL, Curiosity is a six-wheeled, one-ton vehicle the size of a compact car that is …

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Mars rover: The next generation

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(AP) — "The monster truck of Mars" is on its way to the red planet. That's what NASA's Mars exploration program director calls the rover that was launched today. When it reaches Mars in 8 ½ months, the world's biggest …

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November 26, 2011

New Mars rover Curiosity is ultimate off-road vehicle

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The world's biggest extraterrestrial explorer is on its way to Mars. NASA on Saturday launched the six-wheeled, one-armed robotic rover, nicknamed Curiosity. An unmanned rocket blasted off with the spacecraft from Cape

NASA launches super-size rover to Mars: 'Go, Go!' CAPE …

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