1. Daryien Golden, Eric Nguyen

2.  Rocket- Atlas V  Weight- 4,806 pounds. including fuel  Instruments-  1- High resolution cameras to capture images and weather  2- Spectrometer  3-Radiometer  4- Radar

6.  Mission- Exploring the surface, the subsurface, and atmosphere of Mars.  On March 3, 2010, transmits 100 terabits of data back to Earth, which was more than all other interplanetary probes sent from Earth combined  On August 6, 2012 passed over Gale crater, the landing site of the Mars Science Laboratory mission, It captured an image via the HiRISE camera of the Curiosity rover descending with its backshell and supersonic parachute.