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SmartPlanet: NASA engineers test wheels on new Mars Rover
The next Mars Rover,'Curiosity', just got one step closer to touching down on the red planet in 2012. The Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have installed all six wheels and started the motor to get the wheels in rotation.
The next Mars Rover,'Curiosity', just got one step closer to touching down on the red planet in 2012. The Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have installed all six wheels and started the motor to get the wheels in rotation. SmartPlanet brings you raw footage of the wheels spinning in motion for the first time.