article_snippet: This next-gen vehicle is the successor to the Curiosity rover, with upgraded hardware and instruments to examine Mars rocks.
article_snippet: the Curiosity rover will assess the potential of the environment for humans to live in one day and search for signs of Martian life.
article_snippet: the Curiosity rover will identify and collect a collection of rock and soil samples, which it will be able to send back to Earth intact, via another spacecraft one day in the future.
article_snippet: the Curiosity rover marks the next major step in fulfilling President Obama's challenge of sending humans to Mars in the 2030s.
article_snippet: 2020 rover is a planned £1.2 billion ($1.9 billion) roving laboratory, similar to the Mars Curiosity rover currently on Mars.
article_snippet: Nasa's 2020 rover (illustrated)  is the successor to the Mars Curiosity rover currently on the planet, with upgraded hardware and instruments to examine Mars rocks.
article_snippet: the Mars Curiosity rover currently on the planet will assess the potential of the environment for humans to live in one day and search for signs of Martian life .