04-04-2013, 04:42 PM
CURIOSITY: Big Mars Rover for Big Mars Science!
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INTRODUCTION
Curiosity launched on an Atlas V-541,
the largest rocket for launching to a planet.
Gale Crater is about 96 miles wide. It has many rock layers for Curiosity to explore, from canyons to channels, all in one place!
To fit all these tools on the rover,
the team had to supersize everything,
from the capsule that holds the rover,
to the parachute that slows it down before landing.