When was Curiosity rover launched into space?

The Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover is a mobile robot for investigating Mars' past or present ability to sustain microbial life. Launch is scheduled for November 26, 2011, at 10:02 EST. read more

Launch Vehicle. The Curiosity rover launched on a two-stage Atlas V-541 launch vehicle, provided by United Launch Alliance, a joint venture of Boeing Co. and Lockheed Martin Corp. The Atlas V-541. The Atlas V-541 with the Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft stands 191 feet (58 meters) tall. read more

Curiosity Launched to Mars three Years Ago. Under partially cloudy skies, NASA launched the Mars Science Lab Curiosity rover to Mars on Nov. 26, 2011, at 7:02 a.m. PT (10:02 a.m. ET). Liftoff was from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station aboard an Atlas V rocket. read more

(rover) 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