NASA's Curiosity landing blazes trail for humans on Mars The
most technologically advanced space robot ever built -- the 5
foot tall Curiosity contains a total of 10 scientific
instruments, including a robotic arm with a power drill --
landed on Mars last night, beginning a mission eight years in
the making to search for signs of past life on the Red planet.
An image taken by rover Curiosity on August 6, 2012 of Mount
Sharp on Mars. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech. US President
Barack Obama praised NASA’s successful landing of the car-sized
rover Curiosity that travelled 570 million-km over eight months
to reach our neighbour planet. "Tonight, on the planet Mars, the
United States of America made history," Obama said. Equipped
with ten instruments, including a laser that can zap rocks from
a distance and a mobile organic chemistry lab, Curiosity gives
scientists the opportunity to learn more than they ever have
about Mars. It also furthers the possibility of one day sending
humans to Mars to investigate first-