e of science instruments. The rover's power supply doesn't rely on solar panels, so Curiosity will be able to roam longer and farther than previous Red Planet rovers. Scientists expect this means Curiosity will travel to more interesting places. Almost everything about this mission is new and bold: a new g

e runs hand in hand with a desire to uncover new civilization... or, at the very least, a colony of acidic bacteria. Mars is no longer the ominous Red Planet of crisscrossed canals, and yet the more we know about it, the more we seem to want to find those canals there after all. As we bring Mars closer t