Mars rover Curiosity begins trek to new destination

Originally published: September 2, 2012  By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

An artist's rendering provided by NASA/JPL-Caltech shows a "sky crane" lowering the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover onto the surface of Mars. After traveling 8 1/2 months and 352 million miles, Curiosity landed on Mars on Sunday night. (Aug. 4, 2012)