United Launch Alliance and NASA launch the Mars Science Laboratory to the Red Planet on an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket launches NASA's Mars Science Laboratory at 10:02 AM from Complex 41 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida on November 26, 2011. The Volkswagon sized mobile lab, named "Curiosity", is planned to conduct dozens of experiments on the soils and rocks during its planned 23 month mission on Mars. UPI Photo/Joe Marino-Bill Cantrell