NASA preps vehicle "Curiosity" Rover; for ship to Florida; and trip to MARS (Video)

-Posted by D.C. Worth, for Barbay (France/US)

NASA's "Curiosity" Rover grows by leaps & bounds: #
Having passed the thermal vacuum chamber test at -202 degrees Fahrenheit; Curiosity Rover was given a massive "Rover quake-shakedown -VIDEO: [View]
(Mar 5, 2011)

Curiosity's neck grew 3.5 feet in one week; and "eyes" (Mastcam) continue to gain full mastery, at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab; Pasadena, CA. :D [Read]

-Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech

-More Images at: [spaceflightnow]

Here, NASA engineers are putting the finishing touches on a Mars mega-rover, before shipping it to Florida launch later this year.. AP's John Mone got an inside look. -(April 5)


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Associated Press | -Apr 4, 2011

Eight engines, and extensive tests to make sure nothing breaks during launch; and its long trip to Mars... -[NASA/JPL]