Mars rover Curiosity nears make-or-break landing attempt
PASADENA, California (Reuters) – The Mars rover Curiosity, on a quest for signs the Red Planet once hosted ingredients for life, streaked into the home stretch of its eight-month voyage on Sunday nearing a make-or-break landing attempt that NASA calls one of its toughest feats of robotic exploration. Curiosity, the first full-fledged mobile science laboratory sent to a distant world, was scheduled to touch down inside a vast, ancient impact crater on Sunday at 10:31 p. m. Pacific time (1:31 a. m. EDT on Monday). . . .
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