NASA's MSL Rover left Earth on Saturday, November 26th, and began its eight-and-a-half month journey to Mars with 2 Honeybee Robotics tools on board. The rover Curiosity has 10 scientific instruments, which will allow it to sample and analyze soil and rock samples. Honeybee Robotics designed and built the Dust Removal Tool, at the end of the rover arm, which will brush dust off rock surfaces to allow for closer inspection. Inside the rover's Sample Acquisition at Mars (SAM) suite of instruments, Honeybee's Sample Manipulate System (SMS) will accept samples from Curiosity's end-of-arm drill and deliver them to the various instruments for analysis.