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June 05, 2014
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NASA's Mars rover Curiosity left the "Glenelg" area on July 4, 2013, on a "rapid transit route" to the entry point for the mission's next major destination, the lower layers of Mount Sharp.
Curiosity's Progress on Route from 'Glenelg' to Mount Sharp
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover documented itself in the context of its work site, an area called "Rocknest Wind Drift," on the 84th Martian day, or sol, of its mission (Oct. 31, 2012).
Curiosity's 'Rocknest' Workplace
Download NASA's Mars Curiosity rover coloring sheet.
Mars Curiosity Rover, Coloring Sheet
This image shows preparation for one phase of testing of the Mars Science Laboratory rover, Curiosity.
Bright Days Ahead for Curiosity Mars Rover
This diagram illustrates Mars' "thermal tides," a weather phenomenon responsible for large, daily variations in pressure at the Martian surface.
Thermal Tides at Mars
A panorama combining images from both cameras of the Mastcam on NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover shows diverse geological textures on Mount Sharp. Three years after landing on Mars, the mission is inves...
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This map shows the route driven and route planned for NASA's Curiosity Mars rover from before reaching "Dingo Gap."
Map of Recent and Planned Driving by Curiosity as of Feb. 18, 2014
This image is from a series of test images to calibrate the 34-millimeter Mast Camera on NASA's Curiosity rover. It was taken on Aug. 23, 2012 and looks south-southwest from the rover's landing site.
Focusing the 34-millimeter Mastcam
A day after NASA's Mars rover Curiosity drilled the first sample-collection hole into a rock on Mars, the rover's Chemistry and Camera (ChemCam) instrument shot laser pulses into the fresh rock pow...
Laser Hits on Martian Drill Tailings
The main map here shows the assortment of landforms near the location of NASA's Curiosity Mars rover as the rover's second anniversary of landing on Mars nears.
Sandy Martian Valleys in Curiosity's Near Future
An instrument suite that will analyze the chemical ingredients in samples of Martian atmosphere, rocks and soil during the mission of NASA's Mars rover Curiosity, is shown here during assembly at N...
Sample Analysis at Mars Instrument, Side Panels Off (Unannotated)
This map shows the route driven and route planned for NASA's Curiosity Mars rover from before reaching "Dingo Gap."
Map of Recent and Planned Driving by Curiosity as of Feb. 18, 2014
A view from the "Kimberley" formation on Mars taken by NASA's Curiosity rover. The strata in the foreground dip towards the base of Mount Sharp, indicating the ancient depression that existed befor...
Strata at Base of Mount Sharp
Tom Rivellini of the entry, descent and landing team gives a big thumbs up upon Curiosity's successful landing on Mars.
Giving Curiosity a Thumbs Up
This oblique, southward-looking view of Gale crater shows the landing site and the mound of layered rocks that NASA's Mars Science Laboratory will investigate.
Context of Curiosity Landing Site in Gale Crater, with Ellipse
This mosaic of images from the Mast Camera (Mastcam) on NASA's Mars rover Curiosity shows Mount Sharp in raw color as recorded by the camera.
Mount Sharp Panorama in Raw Colors
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity captured this 360-degree view using its Navigation Camera (Navcam) after a 17-foot (5.3 meter) drive on 477th Martian day, or sol, of the rover's work on Mars (Dec. 8, 2...
Rocky Mars Ground Where Curiosity Has Been Driving
This image demonstrates how engineers place the drill carried by NASA's Mars rover Curiosity onto rock targets.
Checking Contact Points for Curiosity's Drill
This global map of Mars was acquired on Aug. 4, 2012, by the Mars Color Imager instrument on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
Mars Weather Map, Aug. 4
This view from the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) on the arm of NASA's Curiosity Mars rover is a close-up of a two-tone mineral vein at a site called "Garden City" on lower Mount Sharp.
Night Close-up of Mineral Veins at 'Garden City,' Mars
This image of a calibration target illuminated by ultraviolet LEDs (light emitting diodes) is part of the first set of nighttime images taken by the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) camera at the end ...
First Night Image of MAHLI Calibration Target Under Ultraviolet Lights
A viewpoint on "Vera Rubin Ridge" provided NASA's Curiosity Mars rover this detailed look back over the area where it began its mission inside Gale Crater, plus more-distant features of the crater....
Telephoto Vista from Ridge in Mars' Gale Crater
The goosebump-like features in the center of this image were formed by water billions of years ago. NASA's Curiosity Mars rover discovered them as it crested the slope of "Greenheugh Pediment" on F...
Curiosity Finds Nodules near the Top of Pediment Slope
View the video 'Mars Rover Gets the Drill'
Mars Rover Gets the Drill
Concretions at 'Cumberland'
Concretions at 'Cumberland' (Annotated)
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