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REUTERSA technician removes a component from NASAs Mars Science Laboratory rover Curiosity, where it is undergoing pre-flight tests in the clean room, at the spacecraft assembly facility at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California September 1

Mars Science Lab (MSL) Rover tilt table activities. Testing robotic arm at 20˚ angle.Requesters: Sean Haggart, Peter Illsley.Photographer: T. WynneDate: 03 September/2010.Photolab order 070914-110625

dapdThis undated image provided by NASA shows technicians working on the new Mars rover, Curiosity. Nine months before Curiositys scheduled launch, the space agency says the mission has burned through its reserves and needs an extra $82 million to complet

dapdEngineers work on the Mars rover Curiosity at NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010. The rover Curiosity is expected to launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, between Nov. 25 and Dec. 18, 2011.

REUTERSTechnicians test the robotic arm of NASAs Mars Science Laboratory rover Curiosity, where it is undergoing pre-flight tests in the clean room of the spacecraft assembly facility, at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California September 16,

REUTERSThe descent stage of NASAs Mars Science Laboratory rover Curiosity is pictured in the the clean room of the spacecraft assembly facility at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California September 16, 2010. The spacecraft will fit underneath

dapdNASA engineers stand by Mars Science Laboratorys aeroshell, a conical shell that will help protect the rover "Curiosity," a robot the size of a car, from the searing temperatures of atmospheric entry when it lands on Mars, shown at the Jet Propulsion

dapdFILE - This Sept. 16, 2010 file photo shows engineers working on the Mars rover Curiosity at NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. After traveling 8 1/2 months and 352 million miles, Curiosity will attempt a landing on Mars the night of

NASA/JPL-Caltech. Photo by Thomas Wynne