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Hot Wheels on Mars: Mattel to Land NASA's Curiosity Rover in Toy Stores

Soon after NASA's Curiosity rover lands and becomes the hottest set of wheels on Mars, it'll debut as the latest Hot Wheels to land on toy store shelves.Mattel, Inc., makers of the die-cast line of Hot Wheels toy cars, is ready to release the car-size Curiosity as its latest 1:64 scale miniature in September. The Hot Wheels "Mars Rover Curiosity" set is part of Mattel's assortment of 247 toy cars for 2012.The real rover is set to touchdown on the Red Planet early Monday morning (Aug. 6) at 1:31 a.m. EDT (0531 GMT). The landing comes eight months after the rover launched from Earth and will end with a nail-biting "seven minutes of terror," during which the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) spacecraft will use its thrusters, a parachute, retro-rockets and finally a sky crane to lower Curiosity to the surface of a Martian crater.The Hot Wheels Curiosity model doesn't include the MSL spacecraft's cruise stage, chute or sky crane rig, but does recreate NASA's $2.5 billion nuclear-powered six-wh...

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  1. NASA Gets Ready for Phoenix Mars Landing

    NASA Gets Ready for Phoenix Mars LandingFriday, May 23, 2008 By Tariq MalikPrint NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of ArizonaA computer rendition of the Phoenix lander soa...

  2. NASA Launches Spacecraft on Mars Mission

    NASA Launches Spacecraft on Mars MissionFriday, August 12, 2005PrintCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.  —  A spacecraft blasted off Friday into a golden early morning sky, beginni...

  3. Mars Orbiter to Search for Lost Kin

    Mars Orbiter to Search for Lost KinWednesday, November 01, 2006 By Leonard DavidPrint NASA/JPL/Corby WasteAn artist's illustration of NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbi...

  4. NASA Spacecraft Makes Historic Landing on Mars

    NASA Spacecraft Makes Historic Landing on MarsMonday, May 26, 2008Print APMay 25: This image shows the Phoenix Lander after it landed on Mars.May 25: This image show...

  5. Mars' Arctic Zone Offers Best Hope for Life

    Mars' Arctic Zone Offers Best Hope for LifeFriday, May 23, 2008 By Tariq MalikPrint NASAA composite image of Martian north polar ice cap.A composite image of Martian...

  6. NASA Administrator: 'We Can Go to Mars'

    NASA Administrator: 'We Can Go to Mars'Tuesday, May 31, 2005PrintSPACE CENTER, Houston  —  NASA's new administrator and Texas Republican Rep. Tom DeLay ( search ) sa...

  7. NASA May Launch Phoenix Mars in 2007

    NASA May Launch Phoenix Mars in 2007Friday, June 03, 2005PrintLOS ANGELES —  NASA ( search ) is moving ahead with plans to put a long-armed lander on Mars' icy north...

  8. NASA Set for Mars Lander Touchdown Next Weekend

    NASA Set for Mars Lander Touchdown Next WeekendTuesday, May 20, 2008Print NASA/JPL/Corby WasteAn artist's rendering of the Phoenix lander approaching the Martian sur...

  9. NASA Scrambles for Alternate Mars Landing Site

    NASA Scrambles for Alternate Mars Landing SiteMonday, February 05, 2007Print AP/NASASept. 28: Mars' Victoria crater as seen by the NASA rover Opportunity.Sept. 28: M...

  10. Univ. of Arizona team to call shots for Mars robot

    Univ. of Arizona team to call shots for Mars robotFriday, May 23, 2008By ARTHUR H. ROTSTEIN, Associated Press WriterE-Mail Print Share:TUCSON, Ariz. —  A robotic spa...

  11. Robot digger set to land Sunday at Martian pole

    Robot digger set to land Sunday at Martian poleMonday, May 19, 2008By ALICIA CHANG, AP Science WriterE-Mail Print Share:LOS ANGELES —  Like a miner prospecting for g...

  12. NASA spacecraft successfully lands near Mars pole

    NASA spacecraft successfully lands near Mars poleSunday, May 25, 2008By ALICIA CHANG, AP Science WriterE-Mail Print Share:PASADENA, Calif. —  A NASA spacecraft plung...

  1. What If Huge NASA Mars Rover Crashes Sunday Night?

    If NASA's newest Mars rover doesn't touch down safely Sunday night (Aug. 5), the future of Red Planet exploration could be thrown into serious doubt.The 1-ton Curios...

  2. Upcoming Mars Rover Landing Follows 40-Year Tradition of High Drama

    When NASA's Curiosity rover attempts to land on Mars next month, it will join a long list of missions that have sought to touch the Red Planet, a legacy that dates b...

  3. NASA mission gives a peek of rover's journey to Mars

    NASA's latest adventure to Mars has given the world more than just glimpses of a new alien landscape.It opened a window into the trip itself, from video footage of t...

  4. Why do we keep going back to Mars?

    The huge NASA rover speeding toward an Aug. 5 landing on Mars may be the most capable and complex Red Planet explorer ever launched, but it's far from the first.The ...

  5. NASA May Launch Phoenix Mars in 2007

    NASA ( search ) is moving ahead with plans to put a long-armed lander on Mars' icy north pole to search for clues for water and possible signs of life, the space age...

  6. Lander May Record What Mars Sounds Like

    NASA scientists hope to hear what it sounds like on the surface of Mars for the first time when they attempt to switch on the Phoenix Mars Lander's microphone in the...

  7. Mars Polar Lander Possibly Found

    Mars Polar Lander Possibly FoundFriday, May 06, 2005PrintLOS ANGELES —  Nearly six years after NASA's Mars Polar Lander ( search ) vanished during a landing attempt ...

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