The rover's primary mission is to find out if Mars is, or was, suitable for life. Another objective is to learn more about the red planet's environment. [For the latest news about the mission, follow Space.com's Mars Science Lab Coverage. read more
Curiosity is a car-sized rover designed to explore Gale Crater on Mars as part of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission (MSL). Curiosity was launched from Cape Canaveral on November 26, 2011, at 15: 02 UTC aboard the MSL spacecraft and landed on Aeolis Palus in Gale Crater on Mars on August 6, 2012, 05: 17 UTC. read more