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MARS ROVER LAUNCH

THIS GALLERY IS BEST VIEWED USING THE SLIDESHOW BUTTON IN THE TOP RIGHT CORNER.Launch of the Mars Rover "curiosity" aboard an Atlas V rocket from pad 41 at the Air Force base at Cape Canaveral on 11-26-11. Click on "Space Shuttle" in upper left for many more NASA galleries. Click on "Starznbarz" for full gallery listings. Be sure to turn your speakers up for the video!
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  • This video of the launch of the Mars Rover 'curiosity' was shot from the roof of the Launch Control Complex building, which is adjacent to the VAB (vehicle assembly building) where the Space Shuttles were assembled and mated to the external boosters and fuel tank.
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  • The vehicle assembly building and the launch control complex building.
  • An example of the tires on the Mars Rover "Curiosity".
  • A scale model of the Mars Rover "Curiosity' on display inside the NASA press facility.
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  • Inside the press facility at NASA.
  • The press room.
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  • Astronaut Leland Melvin, Black Eyed Peas singer Will. I. Am., Yves LaMouth, and an unidentified man speak just prior to the launch.
  • Doing set up and test shots from the roof of the Launch Control Complex. The Atlas V rocket sits on pad 41 just over my left shoulder.
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