Even as Mars Exploration Rover – B (MER-B) "Opportunity" goes about unfazed into its 2946 sols or 3026 days here on Earth in what was supposed to be a 90 sols planned mission around the Meridiani Planum. The US$2.5 billion Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) "Curiosity" is now blazing by at a velocity of ~ 21,000 km/h relative to the Earth (down from ~ 28,600 km/h just two months ago) in the final homestretch of its 570 million kilometres interplanetary journey.
Entry, Descent and Landing (EDL) is expected on the 6th of August 2012, 1300 hours to 1330 hours SST (Singapore Standard Time / UTC +8), 89.5 days from now.