Mars Rover: NASA launches largest-ever Mars rover

The rover will be more than five times as massive, carry more than 10 times the mass of scientific instruments as rovers Spirit and Opportunity, and explore a greater range than any previous Mars rover. The Atlas V Centaur upper stage is powered by aAt 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 ourThe world's biggest

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