16h 21min, aug 6, 2012 y - NASA Launches the Mars Curiosity Rover

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The Mars Science Laboratory mission's Curiosity rover, the most technologically advanced rover ever built was sent to explore Mars' Gale crater.
Curiosity's mission is to determine whether the Red Planet ever was, or is, habitable to microbial life. The rover, which is about the size of a MINI Cooper, is equipped with 17 cameras and a robotic arm containing a suite of specialized laboratory-like tools and instruments.