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Events on Saturday 26 November 2011 2
2011Curiosity rover launchedCar-sized Mars rover departsNASA launched the Curiosity rover on November 26, 2011. It landed on Mars on August 6, 2012 and has been exploring Gale Crater ever since, returning extraordinary geological data.
2011Curiosity rover launchedNASA sends its most advanced Mars rover into spaceNASA launched the Mars Science Laboratory mission, carrying the car-sized rover Curiosity, from Cape Canaveral toward Mars. The rover was designed to search for evidence that the planet could once have supported microbial life. It landed successfully on Mars in August 2012.