3Q: The next Mars rover's destination

Monday, July 25, 2011 - 09:01 in Astronomy & Space

When the next-generation Mars rover, dubbed Curiosity, touches down on martian soil next summer, its cameras will likely capture a scene similar to what the first explorers of the Grand Canyon witnessed: towering layers of rock and sediment rising up from a dusty valley.

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