Curiosity is about twice as long and five times as heavy as the Spirit and Opportunity Mars exploration rover payloads of earlier U.S. Mars missions,[14] and carries over ten times the mass of scientific instruments.[15] MSL successfully carried out a more accurate landing than previous spacecraft to Mars, aiming for a small target landing ellipse of only 7 by 20 km (4.3 by 12 mi),[16] in the Aeolis Palus region of Gale Crater. In the event, MSL achieved a landing only 2.4 kilometres (1.5 mi) from the center of the target.[17] This location is near the mountain Aeolis Mons (a.k.a. "Mount Sharp").[18][19] The rover mission is set to explore for at least 687 Earth days (1 Martian year) over a range of 5 by 20 km (3.1 by 12 mi).[20] NASA anticipates that the rover will function for at least the limit the parts were tested for, which is four years.
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