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November 23, 2011 The next Mars rover, Curiosity, rolls across the Martian surface in this artist's concept. The car-sized rover is scheduled for launch as early as November 26, with arrival at Mars next summer. Also known as Mars Science Laboratory, the nuclear-powered rover carries an impressive suite of instruments to evaluate the habitability of Mars both now and in the distant past. [NASA/JPL]
