Sunday, September 25, 2011

Wrapped in plastic: both halves of the Atlas V payload fairing that will enshroud the Curiosity Mars rover during launch on November 25.
NASA / Dimitri Gerondidakis

CURIOSITY Update... The 200-feet-tall Atlas V rocket that will launch NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission to the Red Planet is quickly taking shape at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. MSL, with the giant Curiosity rover as its centerpiece, is still scheduled to lift off on November 25.

The Atlas V rocket that will launch the Curiosity Mars rover to the Red Planet this November takes shape in Florida.
NASA / Jim Grossmann

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