Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)

Which Planet is This? A Gale Crater Doppelganger

The Badwater Basin region of California's Death Valley acquired by NASA's Earth Observing-1 satellite (EO-1) on October 23, 2002. Alluvial…

12 years ago

Curiosity Wheels Initial Rove in a Week on Heels of Science and Surgery Success

Image Caption: Curiosity’s Wheels Set to Rove soon Mars inside Gale Crater after 'brain transplant'. This colorized mosaic shows Curiosity…

12 years ago

Curiosity Getting Ready to Rove

Here's a look at what the Curiosity team has planned for the rover this week. Team member Jessica Samuels provides…

12 years ago

Curiosity sees Mount Sharp Up Close and gets ‘Brain Transplant’

Image Caption: Mosaic of Mount Sharp inside Curiosity’s Gale Crater landing site. Gravelly rocks are strewn in the foreground, dark…

12 years ago

Curiosity and the Mojave Desert of Mars – Panorama from Gale Crater

Image Caption: Curiosity and the Mojave Desert of Mars at Gale Crater North Rim, False Color Mosaic. This false color…

12 years ago

Curiosity raises Mast and snaps 1st Self Portrait and 1st 360 Panorama

Image Caption: Rover's Self Portrait -This Picasso-like self portrait of NASA's Curiosity rover was taken by its Navigation cameras, located…

12 years ago

Mount Sharp on Mars: 1st 2-D and 3-D Views of Curiosity’s Ultimate Mountain Goal

Image Caption: Clear View on Mars - This image comparison shows a view through a Hazard-Avoidance camera on NASA's Curiosity…

12 years ago

Rover, Sky Crane, Heat Shield and Parachute Located from Orbit by HiRISE

More awesomeness from HiRISE! A new orbital image shows the Curiosity rover sitting on Mars’ surface, along with all the…

12 years ago

Curiosity Beams 1st Color Image from Mars

Image caption: This murky view from Curiosity shows the martian landscape looking north to the rim from inside the Gale…

12 years ago

Curiosity’s Dramatic MARDI Descent Movie

Image Caption: Curiosity Heat shield falls away from the bottom of Curiosity and the Sky Crane descent stage in this…

12 years ago