Following in the footsteps of its older siblings, Spirit and Opportunity, the Mars Curiosity rover is scheduled to land on the red planet Sunday. Sporting six wheels and carrying ten science instruments, the one-ton rover will seek to answer the perennial question about Mars: whether Earth’s neighbor is, or ever was, able to support life. We’ll discuss what’s at stake for Curiosity, the heart of NASA’s $2.5 billion Mars Science Laboratory mission.
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