NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver talks to participants during a NASA Social to preview the landing of the Mars Science Laboratory's Curiosity rover held at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Friday, Aug. 3, 2012 in Pasadena, Calif. Curiosity is designed to assess whether Mars ever had an environment able to support life.
NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver talks to participants during a NASA Social to preview the landing of the Mars Science Laboratory’s Curiosity rover held at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Friday, Aug. 3, 2012 in Pasadena, Calif.
Curiosity is designed to assess whether Mars ever had an environment able to support life. Curiosity’s landing on the Red Planet is scheduled for 1:31 a.m. EDT on Aug. 6, 2012.Image Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls