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February 15, 2009
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This March 25, 2014, view from the Mastcam on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover looks southward at the Kimberley waypoint. In the foreground, multiple sandstone beds show systematic inclination to the so...
Bedding Pattern Interpreted as Martian Delta Deposition
These images from the Chemistry and Camera (ChemCam) instrument on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover indicate similarly dark material, but with very different chemistries, in mineral veins at "Garden City."
Thick, Dark Veins at 'Garden City,' Mars
After two Martian years, Curiosity is more than a Mars geologist, scientist and explorer. It's a Mars weather reporter, too.
Curiosity Rover Report: Mars Weather Report
Curiosity remains busy on Mars by checking out her instruments and getting ready for her first test drive.
Instrument Check-Out
This mosaic from the Mast Camera on NASA's Curiosity rover shows the view looking toward the "Glenelg" area, where three different terrain types come together.
On the Road to Glenelg (Annotated)
This animation shows how NASA's Curiosity rover communicates with Earth via two of NASA's Mars orbiters, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) and Odyssey, and the European Space Agency's Mars Express....
Curiosity Communicates with Help From Its 'Friends'
NASA's Curiosity rover has detected the simple carbon-containing compounds chloro- and dichloromethane from the powdered rock sample extracted from the "John Klein" rock on Mars.
Chlorinated Forms of Methane at "John Klein" Site
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover imaged these drifting clouds on May 17, 2019, the 2,410th Martian day, or sol, of the mission, using its Navigation Cameras (Navcams).
Curiosity's Three-Frame Mosaic of Clouds
Happy birthday song for Curiosity
Happy Birthday Curiosity!
If the atmosphere of Mars contains methane, various possibilities have been proposed for where the methane could come from and how it could disappear.
Potential Sources and Sinks of Methane on Mars
This mosaic of images from Curiosity's Mast Camera (Mastcam) shows geological members of the Yellowknife Bay formation, and the sites where Curiosity drilled into the lowest-lying member, called Sh...
View of Yellowknife Bay Formation, with Drilling Sites (Unannotated)
This graphic shows the flux of radiation detected by NASA's Mars Science Laboratory on the trip from Earth to Mars from December 2011 to July 2012.
Radiation Levels on the Way to Mars
These two views from NASA’s Curiosity rover, acquired specifically to measure the amount of dust inside Gale Crater, show that dust has increased over three days from a major Martian dust storm.
Curiosity's View of the June 2018 Dust Storm
NASA's Mars Science Laboratory, a mobile robot for investigating Mars' past or present ability to sustain microbial life, is in development for a launch opportunity in 2009.
Mars Science Laboratory with Arm Extended, Artist's Concept
This video, presented at four times actual speed, shows a test using an engineering model of the soil scoop for NASA's Mars rover Curiosity. The scoop dips to about 1.4 inches (3.5 centimeters) dee...
Test Scooping for Mars Rover Curiosity
This heart-shaped granite rock was spotted in JPL's Mars Yard just in time for Valentine's Day. Engineers were driving the Earth-bound copy of the Curiosity rover, informally named Maggie, for tes...
Rockin' Valentines!
This chart illustrates how NASA's Curiosity rover talks to Earth. While the rover can send direct messages, it communicates more efficiently with the help of spacecraft in orbit, including NASA's O...
Curiosity Speaks and Orbiters Listen
Clara Ma, winner of the Mars Science Laboratory naming contest.
Clara Ma, winner MSL naming contest
This April 10, 2015, view from the Navigation Camera on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows the terrain ahead of the rover as it makes its way westward through a valley called "Artist's Drive."
Curiosity View Ahead Through 'Artist's Drive'
This view from NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover shows the downwind side of a dune about 13 feet high within the Bagnold Dunes field on Mars. The rover's Navigation Camera took the component images on De...
Slip Face on Downwind Side of 'Namib' Sand Dune on Mars
With NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) spacecraft sealed inside its payload fairing, the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket stands ready for launch at Space Launch Complex-41 on Cape Canavera...
MSL Rocket Stands Ready For Launch
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover used the camera on its arm on July 12, 2014, to catch the first images of sparks produced by the rover's laser being shot at a rock on Mars. The left image is from befo...
First Imaging of Laser-Induced Spark on Mars
This May 29, 2015, view of a Martian sandstone target called "Big Arm" covers an area about 1.3 inches wide in detail that shows differing shapes and colors of sand grains in the stone. It is from ...
Diverse Grains in Mars Sandstone Target 'Big Arm'
This set of three images shows views three seconds apart as the larger of Mars' two moons, Phobos, passed directly in front of the sun as seen by NASA's Mars rover Curiosity.
Annular Eclipse of the Sun by Phobos, as Seen by Curiosity
Mastcam 34: Shorter Focal-Length Eye of Mast Camera Pair for Mars Rover
Mastcam 34: Shorter Focal-Length Eye of Mast Camera Pair for Mars Rover
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NASA's Mars 2020 Rover Closer to Getting Its Name
Through Nov. 1, K-12 students in the U.S. are encouraged to enter an essay contest to name NASA's next Mars rover.
NASA Invites Students to Name Mars 2020 Rover
The rover recently drilled two samples, and both showed the highest levels of clay ever found during the mission.
NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover Finds a Clay Cache
For the first time, NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter has caught the Martian moon Phobos during a full moon phase. Each color in this new image represents a temperature range detected by Odyssey's infrared camera.
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NASA's Opportunity Mars rover mission is complete after 15 years on Mars. Opportunity's record-breaking exploration laid the groundwork for future missions to the Red Planet.
NASA's Opportunity Rover Mission on Mars Comes to End
