Curiosity Mars Rover almost complete

Curiosity Mars Rover almost complete at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of NASA side view.
The Rover for NASA Mars Science Laboratory mission, called curiosity, is about 3 meters (10 feet) long, can not the additional length that arm of the Rover be extended forward. The front of the Rover is on the left in this side view. The arm is partly triggered is however not expanded. Rising from the Rover deck just behind the front wheels is the remote sensing mast. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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NASA's massive 'curiosity' Rover is almost ready to begin the first leg of his long walk on the surface of Mars. Engineers at NASA are Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California finished with installation and testing all components of the mission almost Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) (see photos above and below).

The MSL team plans, curiosity, as well as the cruise stage, descent stage and back shell delivered to the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in May and June. After arriving at KSC, all pieces together are integrated and tested during the final Assembly in a clean room. The Rover is then installed in a 5-meter-diameter nose cone are, delivered the short distance to Cape Canaveral and then Atlas locked up on a V rocket (photo below).

Top of Mars Rover curiosity remote sensing mast.
The remote sensing mast on NASA Mars Rover curiosity keeps two science instruments go for the study of the Rover environment and two stereo navigation cameras for use in the Rover and Rover planning activities. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

The launch window for curiosity extends 25 to 18 November December 2011. The first stage of the powerful Atlas V rocket is with four solid rocket booster to be supplemented. The Atlas V has two planetary missions; the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) and the new horizons mission to Pluto.

Take a long gander at the 3-metre Rover because its appearance is now very much as it will look like while it is roving along fascinating martian landscapes for at least two years after the landing in August 2012.

NASA Mars Rover curiosity at JPL, view from the front left corner.
Support equipment keeps light out of the ground the Mars Rover curiosity. When the wheels on the ground, is the Summit of the Rovers mast about 2.2 metres (7) above ground level. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

The Mini Cooper size curiosity Rover has 10 science instruments examine Martian soil and rock samples far more detail than ever before. Curiosity of the payload weighs ten times of more than any previous Mars Rover Mission.

The goal is to for the search for clues environmental conditions favorable for microbial life, and for the preservation of the evidence of whether Mars has ever existed in the past or present life. NASA is a list of four possible landing sites for the best chance of the search for a habitable zone travel bans.

Arm and pole of curiosity Mars Rover.
Curiosity's arm and remote sensing mast carry scientific instruments and other tools for the mission. This image, 4 April 2011, within of the satellite Assembly at JPL shows the arm on the left and the mast only right in the middle. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Atlas V rocket at pad 41 Cape Canaveral Air Force station.
An Atlas V rocket like this with a 5 meter-diameter nose cone - but with 4 solid rocket booster added - curiosity to Mars starts end of 2011. Credit: Ken Kremer Atlas V rocket will break curiosity to MarsTagged as: Mars, Mars Rover, Mars Science Laboratory, curiosity Rover, NASA seeking life

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