The Mars Science Laboratory is a robotic NASA space probe mission to Mars, launched on November 26, 2011, that landed the Curiosity rover in Gale Crater on August 6, 2012. Its overall objectives are to investigate the habitability of Mars, study its climate and geology, and collect data for a future human mission to the planet. The rover carries a variety of scientific instruments designed by an international team. The mission belongs to the Large Strategic Science Missions of the NASA Planetary Science Division, and the Curiosity rover is the single spacecraft that flew it.
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is a robotic space probe mission to Mars launched by NASA
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successfully landed Curiosity, a Mars rover, in Gale Crater on August 6, 2012
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successfully landed Curiosity, a Mars rover, in Gale Crater on August 6, 2012
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launched by NASA on November 26, 2011
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launched by NASA on November 26, 2011
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successfully landed Curiosity, a Mars rover, in Gale Crater on August 6, 2012
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successfully landed Curiosity, a Mars rover, in Gale Crater on August 6, 2012
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successfully landed Curiosity, a Mars rover, in Gale Crater on August 6, 2012
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On 18 March 2013, NASA reported evidence from instruments on the Curiosity rover of mineral hydration, likely hydrated calcium sulfate, in several rock samples including the broken fragments of "Tintina" rock and "Sutton Inlier" rock as well as in veins and nodules in other rocks like "Knorr" rock and "Wernicke" rock.
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