Watch: NASA Launches Mars Rover ‘Curiosity’ From Cape Canaveral

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by Josh Feldman | 11:22 am, November 26th, 2011

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Today NASA launched the space rover Curiosity on the Atlas 5 rocket heading to a mission on Mars. The rover is expected to reach the red planet in eight months, and its mission is to study the surface of the planet to determine if it is capable of sustaining life.

According to msnbc.com, the Mars Science Laboratory project has been planned by NASA since 2003, and it was initially expected to launch two years ago but because it was not ready for liftoff the mission had to be delayed.

The rover weighs roughly one ton, much bigger than past rovers that have been sent on missions to Mars.

Watch video of the launch below, courtesy of CNN:

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Anonymous

Go NASA! Today’s my 50th birthday, couldn’t have been a better launch date. We all need to support the 1 government agency that actually provides a substantial return on the dollar, in knowledge and technology. Go, Go, Go!
Kid Dynamite

NASA’s next mission is to look for intelligent life in the Republican Party. The last five attempts found nothing.
Sargon Warrior King

Go NASA !!!!!
Anonymous

Now Americans can finally kiss goodbye to Obama’s college transcripts and entire academic records as they and being blasted off to Mars. Only the Economy and Obamacare is all that is now left to beat Obama with in the 2012 elections.

PS: More details here and even a salute to the Mars Rover ‘Curiosity’ blass off http://bit.ly/vBAlIb
Anonymous

Birther Alert!!
Porphyry

“…its mission is to study the surface of the planet to determine if it is capable of sustaining life.”

More like whether it *was*.
Anonymous

A captivating moment in space exploration.

It could be one of the first of many to Mars to find life and decide if the planet can sustain life.

Interesting…
Anonymous

A captivating moment in space exploration.

It could be one of the first of many to Mars to find life and decide if the planet can sustain life.

Interesting…