NASA's Mars rover Curiosity took this self-portrait on May 11, 2016, at the "Okoruso" drilling site on the "Naukluft Plateau" in the foothills of Mount Sharp.
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity took this self-portrait on May 11, 2016, at the "Okoruso" drilling site on the "Naukluft Plateau" in the foothills of Mount Sharp.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the planet Mars sent back images of the planet's surface back to Earth. Principal investigator Mike Malin stated that the Mast Camera that was mounted on the rover worked efficiently. The importance of these images particularly to future ...
For this reason, theCuriosityteam also took drill samples from the Murray Buttes area for analysis. This began on Sept. 9th, after the rover was finished taking pictures of the area. As Vasavada explained: “The Curiosity team is drilling regularly as the rover ascends Mount Sharp. We are d...
The Curiosity rover took a picture of something pretty enticing this week on the surface ofMars. While the object in question looks like a tiny little flower or maybe even some type of organic feature, the roverteam confirmedthis object is a mineral formation, with delicate structures that form...
Mars NASA In this telephoto view, a boulder roughly the size of the Curiosity rover is indicated to provide a sense of scale. The boulder is roughly five miles from the rover's current location. Mars NASA/JPL-Caltech On Sol 32 (Sept. 7, 2012) the Curiosity rover used a camera located...
NASA noted that it was winter at the time the rover took these photos. During this time of the year on Mars, shadows are deeper and darker because dust levels in the Martian atmosphere are at their lowest. "Mars' shadows get sharper and deeper when there's low dust and softer when ther...
‘NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover used its Mast Camera, or Mastcam, to capture this view of Earth setting while Phobos, one of Mars’ two moons, is rising. It’s the first time an image of the two celestial bodies have been captured together from the surface ...
Curiosity, U.S. robotic vehicle, designed to explore the surface of Mars, which determined that Mars was once capable of supporting life. The rover was launched by an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on November 26, 2011, and landed in Gale c
Two landmark discoveries reveal organic carbon on the red planet, shaping the future hunt for life on Mars.