Curiosity will be looking specifically for inhabitable environments and trying to determine whether life ever existed there, unlike the Opportunity rover that's been exploring Mars in search of signs of water over the past seven years. It will be accomplishing its goals with the assistance of ten scientific instruments, including a laser that allows it to probe rocks and then analyze their contents using a spectrometer (a tool that identifies materials from the wavelengths of light they emit). Of course, Curiosity will have to successfully land on the surface before it can start exploring Mars; it will descend via parachute and then from what's being called a "Sky Crane." A deputy project scientist for Curiosity said of the landing: "the entire future of the mission depends on everything going right in that seven minutes." A video of your sci-fi dreams below demonstrates what the rover's nearly nine-month journey will entail after its scheduled launch on November 25th at 10:25 AM EST.