Rover Landing Timeline By We Need To Kill Hash Tag Apr 1, 2004 NASA Proposes Mars Science Laboratory http://www.aerospaceguide.net/mars/science_laboratory.html Dec 14, 2004 Proposed 8 times http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/482645main_MSL%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf Nov 1, 2008 Most hardware development complete. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2009/pdf/2364.pdf Nov 1, 2008 4 Landing sites chosen http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/namerover/?CFID=1772436&CFTOKEN=96037829 Dec 1, 2008 Liftoff delayed to November '11 http://marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/newsroom/pressreleases/20081204a.html Mar 23, 2009 NASA website makes poll to decide title of rover http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/namerover/?CFID=1772436&CFTOKEN=96037829 Sep 1, 2009 Launching to Mars was considered http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/482645main_MSL%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf Nov 26, 2011 Rover Launch http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/index.html Aug 6, 2012 Rover lands on Mars http://www.space.com/16932-mars-rover-curiosity-landing-success.html Aug 15, 2012 Rover computer upgraded http://www.nbcnews.com/id/48668419/ns/technology_and_science-space/ Aug 19, 2012 Laser-Chemical Test http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2012-248 Aug 29, 2012 First Rover Drive http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2012-269 Sep 27, 2012 Discovered that Mars has water http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2012/sep/HQ_12-338_Mars_Water_Stream.html Oct 7, 2012 Bright object discovered http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/images/?ImageID=4806 Apr 5, 2013 I finished this awesome timeline! Apr 18, 2013 Timeline turned in and printed Oct 17, 2013 Analyzed soil http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2012/oct/HQ_12-383_Curiosity_CheMin.html Jul 6, 2014 Estimated end date for mission