A report on Mars Science Laboratory
Robotic space probe mission to Mars launched by NASA on November 26, 2011, which successfully landed Curiosity, a Mars rover, in Gale Crater on August 6, 2012.
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Curiosity (rover)
20 linksCuriosity is a car-sized Mars rover designed to explore the Gale crater on Mars as part of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission.
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
12 linksSpacecraft designed to study the geology and climate of Mars, provide reconnaissance of future landing sites, and relay data from surface missions back to Earth.
Spacecraft designed to study the geology and climate of Mars, provide reconnaissance of future landing sites, and relay data from surface missions back to Earth.
MRO played a key role in choosing safe landing sites for the Phoenix lander (2007), Mars Science Laboratory / Curiosity rover (2012), InSight lander (2018), and the Mars 2020 / Perseverance rover (2021).
Mars Exploration Rover
8 linksRobotic space mission involving two Mars rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, exploring the planet Mars.
Robotic space mission involving two Mars rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, exploring the planet Mars.
On January 24, 2014, NASA reported that then current studies by the remaining rover Opportunity as well as by the newer Mars Science Laboratory rover Curiosity would now be searching for evidence of ancient life, including a biosphere based on autotrophic, chemotrophic and/or chemolithoautotrophic microorganisms, as well as ancient water, including fluvio-lacustrine environments (plains related to ancient rivers or lakes) that may have been habitable.
Gale (crater)
6 linksCrater, and probable dry lake, at -5.4°N, 137.8°W in the northwestern part of the Aeolis quadrangle on Mars.
Crater, and probable dry lake, at -5.4°N, 137.8°W in the northwestern part of the Aeolis quadrangle on Mars.
The NASA Mars rover Curiosity, of the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission, landed in "Yellowknife" Quad 51 of Aeolis Palus in Gale at 05:32 UTC August 6, 2012.
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
5 linksFederally funded research and development center and NASA field center in the city of La Cañada Flintridge in California, United States.
Federally funded research and development center and NASA field center in the city of La Cañada Flintridge in California, United States.
Among the laboratory's major active projects are the Mars 2020 mission, which includes the Perseverance rover and the Ingenuity Mars helicopter; the Mars Science Laboratory mission, including the Curiosity rover; the InSight lander (Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport); the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter; the Juno spacecraft orbiting Jupiter; the SMAP satellite for earth surface soil moisture monitoring; the NuSTAR X-ray telescope; and the forthcoming Psyche asteroid orbiter.
Mars rover
7 linksMotor vehicle designed to travel on the surface of Mars.
Motor vehicle designed to travel on the surface of Mars.
🇺🇸 Curiosity of the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission by NASA, was launched November 26, 2011 and landed at the Aeolis Palus plain near Aeolis Mons (informally "Mount Sharp") in Gale Crater on August 6, 2012. The Curiosity rover is still operational as of August 2022.
Mars
10 linksFourth planet from the Sun and the second-smallest planet in the Solar System, being larger than only Mercury.
Fourth planet from the Sun and the second-smallest planet in the Solar System, being larger than only Mercury.
Another six are on the surface: the InSight lander, the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover, the Perseverance rover, the Ingenuity helicopter, the Tianwen-1 lander, and the Zhurong rover.
Aeolis Palus
3 linksPlain between the northern wall of Gale crater and the northern foothills of Aeolis Mons on Mars.
Plain between the northern wall of Gale crater and the northern foothills of Aeolis Mons on Mars.
The NASA Mars Science Laboratory mission landed the Curiosity rover on Aeolis Palus in August 2012.
Radiation assessment detector
3 linksThe Radiation Assessment Detector (RAD) is an instrument mounted on the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover.
Exploration of Mars
2 linksThe planet Mars has been explored remotely by spacecraft.
The planet Mars has been explored remotely by spacecraft.
The Mars Science Laboratory mission was launched on November 26, 2011 and it delivered the Curiosity rover on the surface of Mars on August 6, 2012 UTC.