NASA Launch Largest Mars Rover

A Mars Rover is a vehicle that drives itself automatically over the surface of Mars after landing.
Today, NASA launched the space rover curiosity about the Atlas 5 rocket in the direction of the mission to Mars.
The rover is expected to reach the Red Planet in eight months, and its mission is to determine the planet's surface, whether it is capable of supporting life study.

According to msnbc.com, the Mars Science Laboratory project was planned by the NASA since 2003 and was originally launched two years ago, but because he is not for take-off of the mission was ready to be delayed.
The rover weighs about a ton, much higher than before Rover, which were sent on a mission to Mars.