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Leland D. Melvin, Former NASA Astronaut and NASA Associate Administrator for Education, discussing the STEM at NASA - Mars, It's All About Learning

Leland D. Melvin, Former NASA Astronaut and NASA Associate Administrator for Education, discussing the STEM at NASA - Mars, It's All About Learning

August 27, 2012 at 3:26pm on Curiosity Cam 18,603 followers

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For information about NASA's Curiosity mission, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/msl and http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl



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Get answers to some of the most common questions about Curiosity: http://bit.ly/h56pie



INFORMATION ABOUT THE MISSION





FAST FACTS

Mission name: Mars Science Laboratory

Rover name: Curiosity rover

Size: About the size of a car -- 10 feet long (not including the arm), 9 feet wide and 7 feet tall!

Weight: 900 kilograms (2,000 pounds)

Features: Geology lab, rocker-bogie suspension, rock-vaporizing laser and lots of cameras

Mission: To search areas of Mars for past or present conditions favorable for life, and conditions capable of preserving a record of life

Launch: Nov. 26, 2011, from Cape Canaveral, Fla.

Arrival: August 5, 2012 PDT

Length of mission on Mars: The prime mission will last one Mars year or about 23 Earth months.

Mission Fact sheet: Download the PDF



For information about Curiosity’s power source and to obtain high-resolution images, visit:

http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/news/newsroom/



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Two other rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, have been on Mars since 2004. You can read about those rovers here, or follow @MarsRovers on Twitter.



For news on other missions at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, visit:

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