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06/08/2012 NASA's Curiosity rover lands on the surface of Mars

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Curiosity Rover Report (August 2015): Three Years on Mars!

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How Does NASA's Curiosity Rover Work?

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Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover Animation

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The Curiosity Rover Landing

A car-sized rover Curiosity was designed for the purpose of exploration of Gale Crater on Mars. As a part of NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory mission, it was launched from Cape Canaveral and landed on Aeolis Palus in Gale Crater. The landing location was given a name Bradbury Landing after sci-fi author Ray Bradbury.
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