Curiosity (ROVER)

Curiosity is a car sized Mars Rover operated by NASA and it is a part of NASA's Mars science laboratory mission or MSL. Curiosity was launched from cape Canaveral on November 26,2011 and it is launched on Aeolis palus on Mars as it was designed. Curiosities goal is to investigate martion climate, and geology to study whether the landing site inside the gale was ever offered condition favorable for life, and to investigate water on Mars and planetery habitabilit

PROFILE CURIOSITY ROVER

Mission type - Mars Rover

Operator - NASA

Manufacturer - JPL, Boeing, Lockheed Martin

Website - mars.jpl.nasa.gov/MSL

Mass - 899kg

Launch date - November 26,2011

Landed date - August 6,2012

Landing site - Aeolis palus on crater Gale

Rocket - Atlas V S41 (AV-028)