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| insignia = Mars Science Laboratory mission logo.png }} Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) is a robotic space probe mission to Mars launched by NASA on November 26, 2011,〔 which successfully landed ''Curiosity'', a Mars rover, in Gale Crater on August 6, 2012.〔〔〔 The overall objectives include investigating Mars' habitability, studying its climate and geology, and collecting data for a manned mission to Mars.〔 The rover carries a variety of scientific instruments designed by an international team.〔 == Overview == MSL successfully carried out the most accurate Martian landing of any known spacecraft, hitting a small target landing ellipse of only ,〔 in the Aeolis Palus region of Gale Crater. In the event, MSL achieved a landing east and north of the center of the target.〔 This location is near the mountain Aeolis Mons (a.k.a. "Mount Sharp").〔〔 The rover mission is set to explore for at least 687 Earth days (1 Martian year) over a range of .〔 The Mars Science Laboratory mission is part of NASA's Mars Exploration Program, a long-term effort for the robotic exploration of Mars that is managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of California Institute of Technology. The total cost of the MSL project is about US$2.5 billion.〔 Previous successful U.S. Mars rovers include ''Sojourner'' from the Mars Pathfinder mission and the Mars Exploration Rovers ''Spirit'' and ''Opportunity''. ''Curiosity'' is about twice as long and five times as heavy as ''Spirit'' and ''Opportunity'',〔 and carries over ten times the mass of scientific instruments.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mars Science Laboratory」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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