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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Nov. 26, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA began a historic voyage to Mars with the Nov. 26 launch of the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL), which carries a car-sized rover named Curiosity. Liftoff from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station aboard an Atlas V rocket occurred at 10:02 a.m. EST. (Logo: <font size="2" face="Arial">http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO</font> ) "We are very excited about sending the world's most advanced...

ARLINGTON, Va., Nov. 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- ATK (NYSE: ATK) technologies and capabilities will play mission-critical roles throughout the entire journey of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL), which successfully launched earlier today aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V launch vehicle from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. MSL carries "Curiosity" NASA's largest Mars rover to date. The one ton rover - with a payload 10 times more massive than...

[ Watch the Launch Video ] The Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) spacecraft and the rover known as Curiosity are on their way to the Red Planet after lifting off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Space Launch Complex 41 shortly after 10am EST Saturday. An Atlas V rocket carrying MSL successfully ignited and cleared the tower at 10:02am Eastern on November 26, according to NASA's official launch blog. Approximately four minutes later, the first stage exhausted its propellant and...

Highlights Local Firm on Eve of Small Business Saturday NASA Administrator Charles Bolden toured Kegman Inc. of Melbourne, Fla., one company that supplied technology and engineering support to the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Curiosity rover. Bolden's tour of Kegman coincided with the Second Annual Small Business Saturday, a day to support the local small businesses that create jobs, boost the economy and preserve neighborhoods around the country. "On Saturday, NASA will be...

NASA will be embarking on its fourth rover mission to Mars on Saturday with the launch of the long-anticipated rover Curiosity. The Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Curiosity rover will take off aboard an Atlas V rocket at 10:02 a.m. (EST) on Saturday. The spacecraft will arrive at Mars in August 2012 to investigate whether the landing region has had environmental conditions favorable for supporting microbial life. Curiosity is equipped with the most advanced suit of instruments for...

Highlights Local Firm on Eve of Small Business Saturday CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Nov. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden toured Kegman Inc. of Melbourne, Fla., one company that supplied technology and engineering support to the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Curiosity rover. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) Bolden's tour of Kegman coincided with the Second Annual Small Business Saturday, a day to support the local small...

BRISTOL, Pa., Nov. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- DUNMORE Corporation's high-performance thin film products will help explore the surface of Mars as part of the Mars Science Laboratory program, which is trying to determine whether the red planet's environment ever sustained microbial life comparable to what is found on Earth, or perhaps still is. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory used a special reinforced tape DUNMORE created to insulate all of the wiring inside the...

HAMPTON, Va., Nov. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA Langley Research Center's official visitors center is offering an out- of-this-world alternative to shopping on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) The Virginia Air & Space Center (VASC) in downtown Hampton will celebrate the scheduled launch of Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) and its Curiosity rover with a special Mars Family Day, November 26, from 9 a.m. to 3...

NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission, which is scheduled to launch this week, has the potential to be the most productive Mars surface mission in history. That's due in part to its nuclear heat and power source. When the rover Curiosity heads to space as early as Saturday, it will carry the most advanced payload of scientific gear ever used on Mars' surface. Those instruments will get their lifeblood from a radioisotope power system assembled and tested at Idaho National Laboratory. The...

EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Nov. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- A San Diego-based Wyle employee has been selected by NASA to be one of 150 Twitter followers to NASA's Kennedy Space Center for a two-day Tweetup, Nov. 23 and 25 that will culminate in the launch of the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 541 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Cara Thiem, a Tierrasanta resident, has been selected as one of 150 @NASA Twitter followers to...