Curiosity Sets Record Pace for Longest Drive Yet on Mars

NASA's car-sized Curiosity rover is now blazing across the Red Planet's surface and moving at a record setting pace towards a towering Martian mountain loaded with mineral caches that could potentially support a habitable environment. On Sunday, July 21 (or Sol 340), Curiosity drove the length of a football field - 109.7 yards (100.3 meters)