Nasa's Curiosity robot lands on Mars

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<p>After the most daring and complex landing of a robot on another planet, the search for evidence of life on Mars enters a new era. </p><p>Nasa's Curiosity rover is now sitting inside Gale Crater, a vast depression close to the Martian equator. </p><p>Also known as the Mars Science Laboratory, the one tonne machine is the most sophisticated science robot ever placed on another world. </p><p>Over the coming years Curiosity will climb a mountain at the crater's heart, gathering evidence on one of science's greatest questions – was there ever life on Mars? </p><p>The $2.5 billion project will discover whether Mars once had conditions suitable for the evolution and survival of life. </p><p>BBC Space specialist Jonathan Amos talks to mission scientists about where Curiosity is going and what it will do as it trundles up Mars' Mount Sharp.</p><p>(Image: Nasa's Curiosity rover. Credit: Nasa/JPL-Caltech/PA Wire)</p>