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June 05, 2014
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This view from the Mast Camera (Mastcam) on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows a swath of bedrock called "Alexander Hills," which the rover approached for close-up inspection of selected targets. It...
Within Rover's Reach at Mars Target Area 'Alexander Hills'
A test operator in clean-room garb observes rolling of the wheels during the first drive test of NASA's Curiosity rover, on July 23, 2010.
Close Look at Curiosity's First Drive
An animated set of three images from NASA's Curiosity rover shows the rover's drill in action on Feb. 8, 2013, or Sol 182, Curiosity's 182nd Martian day of operations.
Ready, Set, Drill
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Mars Rover Step Toward Possible Resumption of Drilling
The Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) team in the MSL Mission Support Area react after learning the Curiosity rover has landed safely on Mars and images start coming in at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory...
The Mars Science Laboratory Team
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This view shows the patch of veined, flat-lying rock selected as the first drilling site for NASA's Mars rover Curiosity.
'John Klein' Site Selected for Curiosity's Drill Debut
This movie clip shows Phobos, the larger of the two moons of Mars, passing overhead, as observed by NASA's Mars rover Curiosity in a series of images centered straight overhead starting shortly aft...
Phobos Passing Overhead
Mercury passed in front of the sun on June 3, 2014, as viewed from Mars. The Mast Camera on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover recorded the event. (No audio)
Mercury in Front of the Sun, Seen From Mars
A New Perspective on Murray Ridge
A New Perspective on Murray Ridge
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
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians guide the backshell as it is lowered over NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover, Curiosity, f...
Backshell Meets Rover!
The Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) is a powerful set of three instruments onboard the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Curiosity rover that work together to investigate the chemistry of the Martian sur...
SAM Instrument Suite, at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
This mosaic of images from the Navigation Camera (Navcam) on NASA's Mars rover Curiosity shows the terrain to the west from the rover's position on the 528th Martian day, or sol, of the mission (Ja...
Curiosity's View Past Dune at 'Dingo Gap'
This image shows two engineers aiming the cannon that will fire the tightly packed parachute into the wind tunnel.
No Speed Limit on Mars
On ancient Mars, water carved channels and transported sediments to form fans and deltas within lake basins.
Chemical Alteration by Water, Jezero Crater Delta (Annotated)
The two donut-shaped tracks make an infinity symbol, and mark the first two drives of NASA's Curiosity rover.
From Infinity and Beyond
This image provides a way to have a full-size printout of the calibration target for the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) camera on NASA's Mars rover Curiosity.
Full-Scale Image of MAHLI Calibration Target
In this Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter view of the Curiosity rover mission's waypoint called "the Kimberley," the red dot indicates the location of a sandstone target, "Windjana," selected for close-u...
Location of Mars Sandstone Target 'Windjana'
This image shows the quadrangle where NASA's Curiosity rover landed, now called Yellowknife.
Curiosity's Quad
Curiosity, the big rover of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission, will land in August 2012 near the foot of a mountain inside Gale Crater.
'Mount Sharp' Inside Gale Crater, Mars
This series of pie charts shows similarities and differences in the mineral composition of mudstone at 10 sites where NASA's Curiosity Mars rover collected rock-powder samples and analyzed them wit...
Mudstone Mineralogy from Curiosity's CheMin, 2013 to 2016
This map shows the two locations of a research campaign by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover mission to investigate active sand dunes on Mars. In late 2015, Curiosity reached crescent-shaped dunes, calle...
Curiosity's Bagnold Dunes Campaign: Two Types of Dunes
This animation is a shorter clip from the video "Curiosity and MAVEN Explore Mars." While Curiosity will not be able to see MAVEN as it arrives at Mars, the rover welcomes the orbiter's discoveries...
Curiosity Welcomes MAVEN to Mars
Teachers have fun putting their skills to the test in this hands-on activity during the Curiosity Educator Workshop at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif
Teachers Participate in Hands-On Activity
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