NASA Launches Mars Rover

NASA launched Mars Science Laboratory alias Curiosity from Florida on Atlas 5 rocket at 15.05 GMT. The rover weigh 900kg and will take eight and a half months to reach Mars. The total cost of the project stands at $2.5 billion.

The payload on the rover includes MastCam, MAHLI, and MARDI cameras for taking different variety of pictures, ChemCam, APXS, CheMin, SAM, RAD, REMS,MEDLI, Hazcams and Navcams for navigation.

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