Mars Science Laboratory Rover, Curiosity

     

NASA's Mars Science Laboratory, a mobile robot for investigating Mars' past or present ability to sustain microbial life, is in development for a launch opportunity in 2009. This picture is an artist's concept portraying what the advanced rover would look like in Martian terrain, from a side aft angle.

Image Number: WEB11301-2009
Credit: Image courtesy of NASA/JPL
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