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Mars Science Laboratory is a robotic space probe mission to Mars launched by NASA on November 26, 2011, which successfully landed Curiosity, a Mars rover, in Gale Crater on August 6, 2012.
*Start_date*: November 26, 2011
*Launch_site*: Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
*Location*: Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
*Cost*: $2.53 billion
*Distance_driven*: 30.00 km (18.64 mi) on Mars as of 30 May 2023
*Mission_duration*: Primary - 669 Martian sols;

(687 days); Elapsed - 11 years, 19 days
*Rocket*: Atlas V 541 (AV-028)

*Here's some stuff you might want to know* Early in its mission, Curiosity's scientific tools found chemical and mineral evidence of past habitable environments on Mars. It continues to explore the rock record from a time when Mars could have been home to microbial life.
Mission Overview Goal: Determine if Mars was ever able to support microbial life.On August 6, 2022, a detailed overview of accomplishments by the Curiosity rover for the last ten years was reported.

The rover is still operational, and as of 21 August 2023, Curiosity has been active on Mars for 3924 sols (4032 total days; 11 years, 15 days) since its landing (see current status). Did the Mars Science Laboratory or Curiosity rover successfully lands on Mars?
*Answer*: The Mars Science Laboratory mission's Curiosity rover landed in Mars' Gale Crater the evening of August 5, 2012, PDT (morning of August 6 EDT), using a series of complicated landing maneuvers never before attempted.