NASA’s Curiosity Rover Discovers a Surprise in a Martian Rock
WEBJul 18, 2024 · NASA’s Curiosity captured this close-up image of a rock nicknamed “Snow Lake” on June 8, 2024, the 4,209th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. Nine days earlier, the rover had crushed a similar-looking rock and revealed …
Mars Science Laboratory: Curiosity Rover - NASA Science
WEBNov 26, 2011 · Part of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission, Curiosity, was the largest and most capable rover ever sent to Mars when it launched in 2011. Curiosity set out to answer the question: Did Mars ever have the right environmental conditions to support small life forms called microbes?
Curiosity Rover Updates - NASA Science
WEBSep 27, 2024 · Curiosity Rover Updates. These updates are provided by self-selected Mars Science Laboratory mission team members who love to share what Curiosity is doing with the public.
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Discovers a Surprise in a Martian Rock
WEBJul 18, 2024 · Scientists were stunned on May 30 when a rock that NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover drove over cracked open to reveal something never seen before on the Red Planet: yellow sulfur crystals. Since October 2023, the rover has been exploring a region of Mars rich with sulfates, a kind of salt that contains sulfur and forms as water evaporates.
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Clocks 4,000 Days on Mars - NASA
WEBNov 6, 2023 · NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover captured this 360-degree panorama using its black-and-white navigation cameras, or Navcams, at a location where it collected a sample from a rock nicknamed “Sequoia.” The panorama was captured on Oct. 21 and 26, 2023.
Mars Science Laboratory: Curiosity Rover News & Features
WEBTwelve years ago, NASA landed its six-wheeled science lab using a daring new technology that lowers the rover using a robotic jetpack. NASA’s Curiosity rover mission is celebrating a dozen years on the Red Planet, where the six-wheeled scientist continues…
NASA’s Curiosity Finds Surprise Clues to Mars’ Watery Past
WEBFeb 8, 2023 · Billions of years ago, waves on the surface of a shallow lake stirred up sediment at the lake bottom, over time creating rippled textures left in rock. NASA’s Curiosity rover recently found surprising clues to Mars’ watery past, including while exploring a region called the “Marker Band.”.
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Clocks 4,000 Days on Mars
WEBNov 6, 2023 · NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover captured this 360-degree panorama using its black-and-white navigation cameras, or Navcams, at a location where it collected a sample from a rock nicknamed “Sequoia.” The panorama was captured on Oct. 21 and 26, 2023.
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NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover Explores a Changing Landscape
WEBAug 17, 2021 · Images of knobbly rocks and rounded hills are delighting scientists as NASA’s Curiosity rover climbs Mount Sharp, a 5-mile-tall (8-kilometer-tall) mountain within the 96-mile-wide (154-kilometer-wide) basin of Mars’ Gale Crater.