AlHijjah 15, 1432, Nov 11, 2011, SPA - The next-generation Mars rover is on course to be launched this month on an eight-month journey to the Red Planet, NASA said Thursday. The Mars Science Laboratory mission is due to launch on November 25 from Kennedy Space Centre at Cape Canaveral, Florida. The probe is already attached to its rocket and is ready for its trip, Doug McCuistion, director of NASA's Mars programme was quoted as saying by the German Press Agency "DPA".