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Thursday, November 24, 2011

Time to get your Mars mojo working

An Atlas 5 rocket stands within its protective Vertical Integration Facility at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida during preparations for Saturday's scheduled launch of the Mars Science Laboratory mission.

NASA's $2.5 billion, car-sized rover is ready for an epic Mars mission. Are you? Here's how to get connected with Curiosity.

The one-ton Curiosity rover is the central payload for the Mars Science Laboratory mission, which is due for launch at 10:02 a.m. ET Saturday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Launch Complex 41 in Florida, atop an Atlas 5 rocket. At today's pre-launch news conference, Colleen Hartman, NASA's assistant associate administrator for science, said the laboratory was "locked and loaded" for liftoff.

Read More: http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/11/23/8980400-time-to-get-your-mars-mojo-working

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