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A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with NASA's Mars Science Lab (MSL) rover Curiosity rolls out to its Space Launch Complex-41 launch pad arriving at 8:40 a.m. EST today.
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NASA's Mars rover Curiosity drove 83 feet eastward during the 102nd Martian day, or sol, of the mission (Nov. 18, 2012), and used its left navigation camera to record this view ahead at the end of ...
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This chart shows increases in the volume of data coming back from NASA's Mars rover Curiosity over recent sols, or Martian days. The rover has the ability to talk directly to Earth, but its data ca...
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This engineering animation depicts the moves that NASA's rover Curiosity made on Sept. 22, 2012, when the rover touched a Martian rock with its robotic arm for the first time. Curiosity examined th...
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Curiosity's EDL team release a timeline for mission milestones surrounding the landing of the Mars rover.
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Curiosity's First Scoop of Mars, in Vibration Movie
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Rhythmic patterns of sedimentary layering in Danielson Crater on Mars result from periodic changes in climate related to changes in tilt of the planet.
Rhythmic Layering in Danielson Crater on Mars
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This close-up view shows the rover Curiosity's parachute and back shell strewn across the surface of Mars.
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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.
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On June 24, 2014, NASA's Curiosity rover completes her first Martian year (687 Earth days).
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The red "X" marks the spot where NASA's Curiosity rover landed on Mars.
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"Destination: Mars" experience at the Kennedy Space Center
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This image shows the location of the 150-micrometer sieve screen on NASA's Mars rover Curiosity, a device used to remove larger particles from samples before delivery to science instruments.
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This mosaic from the Mast Camera on NASA's Curiosity rover shows a close-up view looking toward the "Glenelg" area, where three different terrain types come together.
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