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May 06, 2009
Mars Rover Photosynth
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NASA's Curiosity rover and its parachute were spotted by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter as Curiosity descended to the surface on Aug. 5 PDT (Aug. 6 EDT).
Curiosity Spotted on Parachute by Orbiter
This image provides an example of the type of data collected by the Chemistry and Camera (ChemCam) instrument on the Mars Science Laboratory mission's Curiosity rover.
Example of a Spectrum from Curiosity's ChemCam Instrument
This series of images shows the Martian moon Phobos as it crossed in front of the Sun, as seen by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover on Tuesday, March 26, 2019 (Sol 2359).
Curiosity Observes Phobos Eclipse: Sol 2359
This graph shows readings for atmospheric pressure at the landing site of NASA's Curiosity rover.
First Pressure Readings on Mars
NASA's Curiosity rover takes a short breather on her trek to Glenelg to check out her arm instruments.
Stopping and Stretching
A web of shadows stretches across the 197-foot-tall United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket as the early morning sun shines through a metal lightning mast (left) at Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Ca...
Sunshine Drapes Atlas V Rocket
This image shows the heatshield inside a large 'clean room'
One Hot, Giant "Clamshell"
The hole that NASA's Curiosity Mars rover drilled into target rock "John Klein" provided a view into the interior of the rock, as well as obtaining a sample of powdered material from the rock.
View into 'John Klein' Drill Hole in Martian Mudstone
This set of images illustrates how the science filters of the Mast Camera (Mastcam) on NASA's Mars rover Curiosity can be used to investigate aspects of the composition and mineralogy of materials ...
Drill Hole Image and Spectra Acquired by Mastcam
This diagram shows how materials analyzed by ChemCam during the first 100 Martian days of the mission (Aug. 5, 2012, to Nov. 16, 2013) differed with regard to hydrogen content (horizontal axis) and...
Curiosity's ChemCam Analyzes Rocks, Soils and Dust
This is the first laser spectrum from the Chemistry and Camera (ChemCam) instrument on NASA's Curiosity rover, sent back from Mars on August 19, 2012.
Coronation's Chemicals
This composite image looking toward the higher regions of Mount Sharp was taken on September 9, 2015, by NASA's Curiosity rover.
Mount Sharp Comes In Sharply
Engineers test the first-of-its-kind landing system on NASA's next Mars rover.
Landing System Drop Test
No bones about it! Seen by Mars rover Curiosity using its MastCam, this Mars rock may look like a femur thigh bone. Mission science team members think its shape is likely sculpted by erosion, eithe...
Bone up on Mars Rock Shapes
The stick-shaped features on this Martian rock are about the size of grains of rice. This view from the MAHLI camera on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover covers an area about 2 inches across, on a target...
Stick-Shape, Rice-Size Features on Martian Rock 'Haroldswick'
Images taken before and after NASA's Curiosity rover shot its laser 50 times are shown here.
After the Laser Shots
NASA's Curiosity drills for first sample from inside a rock on Mars.
Curiosity Drills on Mars
At the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, an overhead crane is being lowered over a rocket-powered descent stage for integration with NASA's Mars Scienc...
Descent Stage Gets Ready
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity held its Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) camera about 10.5 inches (27 centimeters) away from the top of a rock called "Bathurst Inlet" for a set of eight images combined i...
'Bathurst Inlet' Rock on Curiosity's Sol 54, Context View
This mosaic, taken with the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows the planned route (in yellow) of NASA's Curiosity rover from "Pah...
Curiosity Rover Planned Route
The pale rocks in the foreground of this fisheye image from NASA's Curiosity Mars rover include the "Bonanza King" target under consideration to become the fourth rock drilled by the Mars Science L...
View Down 'Hidden Valley' Ramp at 'Bonanza King' on Mars
View the video 'Mars Rover Gets the Drill'
Mars Rover Gets the Drill
The first examinations of Martian soil by the Sample Analysis at Mars, or SAM, instrument on NASA's Mars Curiosity rover show no definitive detection of Martian organic molecules at this point.
Chlorinated Compounds at 'Rocknest'
This low-angle self-portrait of NASA's Curiosity Mars rover from Aug. 5, 2015, shows the vehicle above the "Buckskin" rock target in the "Marias Pass" area of lower Mount Sharp. The MAHLI camera on...
Curiosity Low-Angle Self-Portrait at 'Buckskin' Drilling Site on Mount Sharp
Open Parachute During Tests for Mars Science Laboratory
Open Parachute During Tests for Mars Science Laboratory
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