03-08-2012 18:08 The much-anticipated landing of the Mars Science Laboratory with Curiosity, the Red Planet’s next resident rover, is this Monday, at 1:31 am Eastern. Having been configured by the MSL flight team for entry, descent and landing the spacecraft is on final approach for its targeted touchdown in Gale Crater. Coverage of Curiosity’s landing begins Sunday at 11:30 pm Eastern on all three NASA TV channels, nasa.gov, AND, Xbox 360 Continue reading →