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    Curiosity is a car-sized Mars rover exploring Gale crater and Mount Sharp on Mars as part of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission. Curiosity was...
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    Science Laboratory and its rover, Curiosity, were launched from Earth on 26 November 2011. As of April 26, 2024, Curiosity has been on the planet Mars...
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    the rover's arrival, NASA named the landing site Octavia E. Butler Landing. Perseverance has a similar design to its predecessor rover, Curiosity, although...
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    August 6, 2012. The Curiosity rover is still operational as of March 2024. Perseverance is NASA's rover based on the successful Curiosity design. Launched...
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    Space selfie (redirect from Rover selfie)
    when it opens are clear of debris. — NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover, https://www.facebook.com/MarsCuriosity On November 19, 2013, one day after Oxford announced...
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    formation. (Curiosity rover; October 7, 2014). "Finger"-like rocks (Curiosity rover; May 17, 2022) "Book"-like rock ("Terra Firme") (Curiosity rover; April...
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    the Curiosity rover on the planet Mars at "Rocknest" performed the first X-ray diffraction analysis of Martian soil. The results from the rover's CheMin...
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    Mars 2020 (redirect from Curiosity twin)
    the rover Curiosity, and it uses many components already fabricated and tested in addition to new scientific instruments and a core drill. The rover also...
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    Mars Science Laboratory (category Mars rovers)
    launched by NASA on November 26, 2011, which successfully landed Curiosity, a Mars rover, in Gale Crater on August 6, 2012. The overall objectives include...
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    inside Gale shortly after the formation of the crater. The NASA Mars rover Curiosity, of the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission, landed in "Yellowknife"...
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    Planetary Nomenclature is 15000. On August 6, 2012, Curiosity (the Mars Science Laboratory rover) landed in "Yellowknife" Quad 51 of Aeolis Palus, next...
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    to budget cuts. The rover would have been solar powered, with a maximum mass of 300 kg and based largely on the Curiosity rover components, but would...
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    during localised investigations by Mars rover Sojourner, and has been confirmed by Spirit, Opportunity and Curiosity. The Mars Odyssey orbiter has also detected...
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  • speed of about 20 centimeters per second (five times faster than the Curiosity rover's top speed on mars) the RASSOR will work 16 hours a day for many years...
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    Another two are on the surface: the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover and the Perseverance rover. Planned missions to Mars include: NASA's EscaPADE spacecraft...
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    within Gale crater on planet Mars of the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Curiosity rover. On August 22, 2012, on what would have been his 92nd birthday, NASA...
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    recently in Mars' history. Aeolis Palus in Gale Crater, explored by the Curiosity rover, is the geological remains of an ancient freshwater lake that could...
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    siliciclastic mudstone, composed mostly of silicate minerals. The NASA Curiosity rover has found deposits of mudstone on Mars that contain organic substances...
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    A rover (or sometimes planetary rover) is a planetary surface exploration device designed to move over the rough surface of a planet or other planetary...
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    There are two functional rovers on the surface of Mars, the Curiosity and Perseverance rovers, both operated by the American space agency NASA. Perseverance...
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    Viking 2 (lander) Spirit (rover) Opportunity (rover) Curiosity (rover) Perseverance (rover) Zhurong (rover) Rosalind Franklin (rover) (planned mission) Comparison...
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    Opportunity, also known as MER-B (Mars Exploration Rover – B) or MER-1, is a robotic rover that was active on Mars from 2004 until 2018. Opportunity was...
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    named "Cumberland", analyzed by the Curiosity rover. Methane measurements in the atmosphere of Mars by the Curiosity rover (August 2012 to September 2014)...
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    acts as a relay for communications between the Curiosity rover, and previously the Mars Exploration Rovers and Phoenix lander, to Earth. The mission was...
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    the Curiosity rover on Aeolis Palus in August 2012. Curiosity spent two (Earth) years exploring the plain as it drove towards Aeolis Mons. The rover left...
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  • missions and 8 sub-landers (Rovers and Penetrators) attempted to land on Mars. Of 21 landers, the Curiosity rover, Perseverance rover, and Tianwen-1 are currently...
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    weather data on Mars is being monitored by the Curiosity rover and the Insight lander. The Perseverance rover is also collecting weather data. (See the External...
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    rover landing site (14°34′18″S 175°28′43″E / 14.5718°S 175.4785°E / -14.5718; 175.4785) in Gusev crater (January 4, 2004), and the Curiosity rover...
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    designed to map the surface of Mars and also acts as a relay for the Curiosity rover. Its name is a tribute to the novel and 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey...
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    2 (lander) Sojourner (rover) Spirit (rover) Opportunity (rover) Curiosity (rover) Perseverance (rover) Rosalind Franklin (rover) (planned mission) Water...
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