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May 06, 2009
Mars Rover Photosynth
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Curiosity's 'Rocknest' Workplace (Annotated)
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On Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, the 197-foot-tall United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket rolls to the launch pad at Space Launch Complex 41.
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NASA's Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft has been fully stacked for flight in this photograph from inside the Spacecraft Assembly Facility at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
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A section of the Mars Science Laboratory's Gale Crater landing site is shown, with a representative path from the landing location toward the layered mound to the south.
Studying a Wider Swath
Color coding in this image of Gale Crater on Mars represents differences in elevation.
Topography of Gale Crater
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Martian Rock's Evidence of Lake Currents
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity used its Mast Camera (Mastcam) to take the images combined into this mosaic of the drill area, called "John Klein."
Investigating Curiosity's Drill Area (White-balanced)
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Wispy clouds float across the Martian sky in this accelerated sequence of enhanced images taken on July 17, 2017, by the Navcam on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover.
Clouds Sailing Overhead on Mars, Enhanced
This low-angle self-portrait of NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows the vehicle at the site from which it reached down to drill into a rock target called "Buckskin." Bright powder from that July 30, ...
Looking Up at Mars Rover Curiosity in 'Buckskin' Selfie
This artist concept features NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover.
Mars Rover Curiosity in Artist's Concept, Close-up
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This set of images from NASA's Curiosity rover shows a patch of rock before and after it was cleaned by Curiosity's Dust Removal Tool (DRT).
Before and After a Little Dusting
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The Entry, Descent and Landing team gathers to celebrate prior to a post-landing press briefing.
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Deployment Testing
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Comparison of Some Radiation Exposures to Mars-Trip Level
Data from the Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer (APXS) instrument on NASA's Mars rover Curiosity show an unusual enrichment of silicon in the rocks dubbed "Wildrose" and "Bonanza King,"
Martian Rocks Rich in Silicon
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