CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA Kennedy Space Center's Press Site in Florida, a flag flaps in the breeze next to the countdown clock at the turn basin. Overhead, the contrail of the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, carrying the agency's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) into space, dissects the clouds over Space Launch Complex-41 on neighboring Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Liftoff came at 10:02 EST at the opening of the launch window. MSL's components include a car-sized rover, Curiosity, which has 10 science instruments designed to search for signs of life, including methane
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA Kennedy Space Center's Press Site in Florida, a flag flaps in the breeze next to the countdown clock at the turn basin. Overhead, the contrail of the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, carrying the agency's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) into space, dissects the clouds over Space Launch Complex-41 on neighboring Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Liftoff came at 10:02 EST at the opening of the launch window. MSL's components include a car-sized rover, Curiosity, which has 10 science instruments designed to search for signs of life, including methane, and help determine if the gas is from a biological or geological source.
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