The Curiosity Rover is a six wheeled car sized mobile laboratory which is exploring the Gale Crater on Mars as part of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission. Launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida on November 26, 2011. it successfully landed on the floor of the Gale Crater on August 6, 2012, after traveling a distance of approximately 354 million miles. The completed model is approximately 13.25L x 8.25W x 15H.