Hot Wheels on Mars
Wednesday, August 1, 2012 5:33
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Scheduled to land on Mars next week, NASA’s car-sized Curiosity rover will touch down on toy store shelves a month later thanks to Mattel. The toymaker will release a 1:64 scale version of the Mars Science Laboratory rover as part of its line of Hot Wheels die-cast vehicles. The real six-wheeled rover is set to land on Aug. 6 at 12:31 a.m. CDT after a seven minute descent assisted by thrusters, a parachute, retro rockets and a sky crane. If all goes to plan, the nuclear-powered Curiosity will explore Mars for evidence of past or present habitability.
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