NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity, a car-size rover, will launch toward Mars in November 2011. Take a photo tour of the Curiosity rover before its packed for Mars.

NASA's new Mars rover, the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity, is gearing up for its launch on Nov. 25. The rover will search for signs that Mars was once habitable.

In total, Curiosity has fired its laser -- which is part of the rover's ChemCam instrument -- more than 350,000 times at about 10,000 targets, NASA said.

Curiosity is the name of NASA’s latest Mars rover, a car-sized nuclear powered robot whose lasers and sensors will hopefully help determine if the planet could ever have supported life.

When did Curiosity and Perseverance rovers launch? The Curiosity rover began its voyage to Mars in November 2011 during a launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Curiosity rover set for Saturday launch. By ABC News. November 25, 2011, 11:18 AM. HOUSTON, Nov. 25, 2011 — -- Mars beckons space age explorers, much as the New World lured Christopher Columbus.

The day after Thanksgiving may be “Black Friday” for American stores and shoppers, but this year, it’s a red letter day for scientists in Pasadena, as Saturday is blast-off for the next Mars ...

All systems appear go for the Saturday launch of NASA's next Mars rover, officials announced Wednesday. The car-size Curiosity rover, the centerpiece of NASA's $2.5 billion Mars Science Laboratory ...

Floods and Avalanches. Spotted from space years before Curiosity’s launch, Gediz Vallis channel is one of the primary reasons the science team wanted to visit this part of Mars.

Engineers are fine-tuning software and procedures to prepare for the entry, descent, and landing of NASA's $2.5 billion Mars Science Lab rover in early August.

On May 12, weather-station equipment on NASA's Curiosity rover (pictured 2021) recorded a high temperature of 11 degrees below zero, and a low temperature of a staggering 114 degrees below zero.