NASA Mars rover team aims for landing closer to prime science site

Monday, June 11, 2012 - 19:30 in Astronomy & Space

NASA has narrowed the target for its most advanced Mars rover, Curiosity, which will land on the Red Planet in August. The car-sized rover will arrive closer to its ultimate destination for science operations, but also closer to the foot of a mountain slope that poses a landing hazard.

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