Curious about NASA's next Martian Rover Robot? Its Launching 11/26/11...

The Mars Science Laboratory is taking a toolbox to Mars that any researcher would be proud of. A drill, metallic brush and even a laser are part of the gear set the Mars Science Laboratory called Curiosity is taking to the red planet in the most ambitious effort yet to discern exactly what is on the surface.

The spacecraft is to launch Nov. 26 atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. Liftoff is slated for 10:02 a.m. The launch event will be broadcast on NASA Television. It will take more than eight months for Curiosity to fly the 354 million miles on its path to Mars. Landing is expected in early August 2012.

Mission movie trailers (Hollywood-quality):
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/videogallery/index.html?media_id=121492991
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/education/videos/playVideo.cfm?videoID=26
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/videogallery/index.html?media_id=105929071

More info:
http://m.npr.org/news/front/142705177?singlePage=true
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/launch/mslprelaunchfeature.html
http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/RocketScience101/RocketScience101.html