MSL is officially underway! Curiosity -- a rover the size of an SUV, nuclear powered, carrying 10 science instruments including a Canadian-built APSX spectrometer -- will search for signs of past life in Gale Crater on Mars, hypothesized to be an ancient lakebed. From an engineering perspective, the landing may be the most exciting part as JPL's new "sky crane" will be used to deposit the rover on the surface. Read more about the mission in this
CBC article.
