NASA's next Mars rover will land at the foot of a mountain inside the planet's Gale crater, the US space agency has announced.
The car-sized Mars Science Laboratory is scheduled to be launched later this year and land in August 2012, Xinhua reported.
The target crater spans 154 km in diameter and holds a mountain rising from the crater floor. The crater is named after Australian astronomer Walter F. Gale.
The rover and other spacecraft components are being assembled and undergoing final testing. The mission is targeted to launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida between Nov 25 and Dec 18.
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