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Mars rover Curiosity
6:39 am
Sun August 5, 2012

‘Curiosity’ reaches Mars tonight: Wash U researcher helps rover traverse red planet

Credit (Image courtesy of the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
With a body that's more than 9 feet wide and 9 feet long, the NASA Mars rover Curiosity is much bigger than the older Mars exploration rovers Spirit and Opportunity.

Not long after midnight central time tonight, the rover known as Curiosity will land on Mars.

It will take the rover seven minutes to get from the Mars atmosphere to the planet's surface. But because it takes about twice that long for signals to travel from Mars to Earth, scientists won't know anything about the landing until after it's already over.

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