Uploaded November 2011 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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On Nov. 26th, 2011 at 10:02am, Curiosity launched off of pad 41 on a 8.5 month journey to help assess Mars' habitability. Its primary mission objective is to determine whether Mars is or has ever been an environment able to support life but it will not look for any life itself.
Landing...if all goes to plan is August 5th, 2012.