August 3, 2012

Mars Rover Will Land Monday

Image from NASA

NASA will be attempting to land their latest rover named Curiosity on Mars.  Definitely worth staying up and watching on the news.  Curiosity is scheduled to land at 1:31 a.m. ET Monday.  Spirit and Opportunity were the last 2 rovers sent to Mars back in 2004. They lost communication with Spirit and gave up on it in May 2011. However, Opportunity is still going strong and has exceeded its mission length tremendously.

Good article:  http://news.yahoo.com/excitement-builds-mars-rovers-landing-sunday-185857943.html

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