The NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory released this animation of the next Mars Rover, the Curiosity. Once launched from Earth, it will take 8.5 months to reach Mars. Once there, it will explore the surface using a laser and robot arm that collects samples for the lab tools inside it’s body. The Curiosity will be powered by a radioisotope system that generates electricity from the heat of the decay of plutonium. This will give the rover at least two years of exploration on the surface of Mars.