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October 11, 2011
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Curiosity's 360-Degree View Approaching 'Mont Mercou'
The dark, smooth-surfaced rock at the center of this Oct. 30, 2016, image from the Mast Camera (Mastcam) on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover was examined with laser pulses and confirmed to be an iron-ni...
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The Mastcam on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover captured this view of "Vera Rubin Ridge" about two weeks before the rover starting to ascend this steep ridge on lower Mount Sharp.
Looking Up at Layers of 'Vera Rubin Ridge' on Sol 1790 - Figure 1
This graph presents information from the NASA Curiosity Mars rover's onboard analysis of rock powder drilled from the "Buckskin" and "Greenhorn" target locations on lower Mount Sharp.
Silica in Opal at 'Buckskin' and 'Greenhorn' on Mount Sharp
The Entry, Descent and Landing team celebrate after the successful landing of the Curiosity rover on Mars.
Celebrating the Landing
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This map shows the route driven by NASA's Curiosity Mars in its approach to and April 1, 2014, arrival at a waypoint called "the Kimberley," which rover team scientists chose in 2013 as the locatio...
Map of Curiosity Mars Rover's Drives to 'the Kimberley' Waypoint
The left eye of the Mast Camera (Mastcam) on NASA's Mars rover Curiosity took this image of the camera on the rover's arm, the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI), during the 30th Martian day, or sol, of...
Camera on Curiosity's Arm as Seen by Camera on Mast
This pairing illustrates the first time that NASA's Mars rover Curiosity collected a scoop of soil on Mars.
First Scoop by Curiosity, Sol 61 Views
One priority target for a closer look by NASA's Mars rover Curiosity before the rover departs the "Glenelg" area east of its landing site is the pitted outcrop called "Point Lake," in the upper hal...
'Point Lake' Outcrop in Gale Crater, Raw Color
Clara Ma, winner of the Mars Science Laboratory naming contest.
Clara Ma, winner MSL naming contest
This image was taken inside a large 'clean room,' where ATLO (Assembly, Testing, and Launch Operations) is taking place for the Mars Science Laboratory mission. In the foreground on the right are e...
Keeping Time to a New Rover Beat
This 360-degree panorama was taken on Aug. 9 by NASA's Curiosity rover at its location on Vera Rubin Ridge.
Panorama of Vera Rubin Ridge
NASA's Curiosity rover uses SAM to make the most sensitive measurements ever to search for methane gas on the red planet.
SAM Sniffs the Martian Atmosphere
NASA Curiosity flight director David Oh updates us on the rover and his family's experience on Mars time.
Living on Mars Time
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This full-resolution image from NASA's Curiosity shows the elbow joint of the rover's extended robotic arm on Aug. 20, 2012. The Navigation Camera captured this view.
Part of Curiosity's Outstretched Arm, Full-Resolution
The plot on the left shows new results from the Sample Analysis at Mars, or SAM, instrument on NASA's Curiosity rover.
Weighing Molecules on Mars
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 (Annotated)
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Door-Shaped Fracture Spotted by Curiosity at 'East Cliffs'
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Mars Science Laboratory with Arm Extended, Artist's Concept
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