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  2. Curiosity (rover) - Wikipedia

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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. [2] Curiosity was launched from Cape Canaveral (CCAFS) on November 26, 2011, at 15:02:00 UTC and landed on Aeolis Palus inside Gale crater on Mars on August 6, 2012, 05:17:57 UTC.

  3. Timeline of Mars Science Laboratory - Wikipedia

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    On 27 March 2015, NASA reported that the landing site was fading from view in the two-and-a-half years since landing in 2012. On 4 April 2015, NASA reported studies, based on measurements by the Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument on the Curiosity rover, of the Martian atmosphere using xenon and argon isotopes.

  4. Mars Science Laboratory - Wikipedia

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    NASA named the rover landing site Bradbury Landing on sol 16, August 22, 2012. [156] According to NASA, an estimated 20,000 to 40,000 heat-resistant bacterial spores were on Curiosity at launch, and as much as 1,000 times that number may not have been counted.

  5. Accidentally exposed yellowish-green crystals reveal ‘mind ...

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    The rover drivers at JPL, who send instructions to Curiosity, did a 90-degree turn to put the robotic explorer in the right position for its cameras to capture a mosaic of the surrounding landscape.

  6. Sky crane (landing system) - Wikipedia

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    Sky crane is a soft landing system used in the last part of the entry, descent and landing (EDL) sequence developed by NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory for its two largest Mars rovers, Curiosity and Perseverance. While previous rovers used airbags for landing, both Curiosity and Perseverance were too heavy to be landed this way. Instead, a ...

  7. List of missions to Mars - Wikipedia

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    Orbital images of landing site suggest a successful landing, but two solar panels failed to deploy, obstructing its communications. 35 Spirit: Spirit (MER-A) 10 June 2003: NASA United States: Rover Successful Landed on 4 January 2004. Operated for 2208 sols [20] Delta II 7925: 36 Opportunity: Opportunity (MER-B) 8 July 2003: NASA United States ...

  8. NASA investigates Curiosity's switch into safe mode - AOL

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    On July 2, the Mars rover switched itself into safe mode, ceasing a host of functions including communications with ground control -- but no one knows why.

  9. Bradbury Landing - Wikipedia

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    Bradbury Landing is the August 6, 2012, landing site 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 named the site for author Ray Bradbury , who had died on June 5, 2012.