NASA
Mars
InSight Mission
Skip Navigation
menu
INSIGHT MISSION IMAGES
Scarecrow Rover Wheel Closeup
June 05, 2014
Credit
NASA/JPL-Caltech
ENLARGE
[51, 176]
Related
This map shows the route driven by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover from the "Bradbury Landing" location where it landed in August 2012 (the start of the line in upper right) to a major waypoint called ...
Curiosity Mars Rover's Route from Landing to 'The Kimberley' Waypoint
Mars rover Curiosity at the end of a drive of about 135 feet (41 meters) during the 329th Martian day, or sol, of the rover's work on Mars (July 9, 2013).
Heading for Mount Sharp, Sol 329
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has clocked more than a decade of service at the Red Planet and has yielded scientific discoveries and magnificent views of a distant world. These images taken by...
Magnificent Mars: 10 Years of Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
The dark band in the lower portion of this Martian scene is part of the "Bagnold Dunes" dune field lining the northwestern edge of Mount Sharp. The scene combines multiple images taken with the Mas...
Glimpse of 'Bagnold Dunes' Edging Mount Sharp
This graphic shows the locations of the cameras on NASA's Curiosity rover.
Seventeen Cameras on Curiosity
Holden Crater
Holden Crater
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover imaged these drifting clouds on May 7, 2019, the 2,400th Martian day, or sol, of the mission, using its Navigation Cameras (Navcams).
Curiosity Sees More Clouds Over Gale Crater
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
This set of images from NASA's Curiosity rover shows the inlet covers for the Sample Analysis at Mars instrument opening and closing, as the rover continues to check out its instruments in the firs...
Opening and Closing SAM
A crane positions the 106.5-foot-long first stage of the Atlas V rocket for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission inside the Vertical Integration Facility at Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape ...
View from Top of Atlas V Rocket
Mars Science Laboratory Parachute Qualification Testing
Mars Science Laboratory Parachute Qualification Testing
NASA's Curiosity rover delivers its first soil sample to its chemistry and mineralogy instrument.
Mars Soil Sample Delivered
This image produced from software used for planning drives of NASA's Mars rover Curiosity depicts the location and size of the rover when it was driven into position for drilling into rock target "...
Position of Curiosity for Drilling at 'Cumberland' (Annotated)
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover can be seen in this image taken from space on May 31, 2019, by the HiRISE camera aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. In the image, Curiosity appears as a bluish speck.
HiRISE Spots Curiosity Rover at Mars' 'Woodland Bay'
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover spotted these iridescent, or “mother of pearl,” clouds on March 5, 2021, the 3,048th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. Seen here are five frames stitched together fro...
Curiosity Spots Iridescent 'Mother of Pearl' Clouds
On Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, the 197-foot-tall United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket moves away from the Vertical Integration Facility (VIF) during the vehicle's rollout to the l...
Atlas V Moves to Pad
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover took this selfie at a location nicknamed "Mary Anning" after a 19th century English paleontologist. Curiosity snagged three samples of drilled rock at this site on its w...
Curiosity's Selfie at the 'Mary Anning' Location on Mars
Using the navigation cameras on its mast, NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover took these images of clouds just after sunset on March 28, 2021, the 3,072nd sol, or Martian day, of the mission.
Curiosity Navigation Cameras Spot Twilight Clouds on Sol 3072
This map shows the route on lower Mount Sharp that NASA's Curiosity followed in April and early May 2015, in the context of the surrounding terrain. Numbers along the route identify the sol, or Ma...
Curiosity's Path to Some Spring 2015 Study Sites
This charged couple device (CCD) is part of the Chemistry and Mineralogy (CheMin) instrument on NASA's Curiosity rover.
Detector for CheMin
Curiosity will spend the holidays at a location on Mars dubbed "Grandma's House."
Curiosity's Martian Holiday
At the Vertical Integration Facility at Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, technicians use a lifting device to elevate a solid rocket motor (SRM) into an uprigh...
Atlas V Booster Rocket
This small ridge, about 3 feet long, appears to resist wind erosion more than the flatter plates around it. Such differences are among the traits NASA's Curiosity Mars rover is examining at selecte...
Erosion Resistance at 'Pink Cliffs' at Base of Martian Mount Sharp (Labeled)
This Dec. 18, 2015, view of the downwind face of "Namib Dune" on Mars covers 360 degrees, including a portion of Mount Sharp on the horizon. The component images were taken by the Mast Camera on NA...
Full-Circle Panorama Beside 'Namib Dune' on Mars
Testing of the cruise stage for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory in August 2010 included a session in a facility that simulates the environment found in interplanetary space.
Cruise Stage Testing for Mars Science Laboratory
You Might Also Like
Dusty solar panels and darker skies are expected to bring the Mars lander mission to a close around the end of this year.
NASA's InSight Still Hunting Marsquakes as Power Levels Diminish
Collecting samples as it explores an ancient and now-dry river channel is but one goal the six-wheeled geologist will pursue during its second Red Planet exploration.
NASA's Perseverance Rover Arrives at Delta for New Science Campaign
A new study based on recordings made by the rover finds that the speed of sound is slower on the Red Planet than on Earth and that, mostly, a deep silence prevails.
What Sounds Captured by NASA's Perseverance Rover Reveal About Mars
Meet the project manager of the first rocket to launch from the surface of another planet, the Mars Ascent Vehicle.
NASA's Angie Jackman Works to Develop Rocket That Will Bring Mars Samples to Earth
The award brings NASA a step closer to the first robotic round trip to bring samples safely to Earth through the Mars Sample Return Program.
NASA Selects Developer for Rocket to Retrieve First Samples From Mars
Caltech researchers used the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter to determine that surface water left salt minerals behind as recently as 2 billion years ago.
NASA's MRO Finds Water Flowed on Mars Longer Than Previously Thought