Why Mars again? A look at NASA's latest venture

Monday, August 6, 2012 - 12:00 in Astronomy & Space

(AP) — NASA's new robot rover named Curiosity landed safely late Sunday in a huge crater near the equator of Mars and will soon begin its scientific studies. This marks NASA's seventh landing on the red planet and is its 19th Mars mission, including those by orbiters and other spacecraft.

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