7/4/2023 0 Comments Average speed of a snailRocks and soil hold a geological record of atmospheric conditions over the centuries and analysing them will unlock that information. It will drill out samples of rock and deliver scoops of Martian soil to miniature laboratories for analysis. Curiosity is armed to the teeth with instruments and tools. The mission, Mars Science Laboratory, includes a rover the size of a large family car, Curiosity, which will investigate whether Mars ever had the right conditions for microbial life. Forty-four minutes later, the cruise stage separated from the colossal booster rocket and started its journey to the red planet. An Atlas V rocket delivering more than a quarter of a million pounds of thrust was powering off a launchpad. But at Cape Canaveral in Florida an amazing journey was beginning that would last more than eight months and span 300 million miles. For most of us, 26 November 2011 was an ordinary day.
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