Mars rover Curiosity landed successfully on the floor of Gale Crater on Aug. 6, 2012 Universal Time (evening of Aug. 5, Pacific Time), at 4.6 degrees south latitude, 137.4 degrees east …

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Nov 26, 2011 · Curiosity will carry the biggest, most advanced suite of instruments for scientific studies ever sent to the martian surface. The rover will analyze dozens of samples scooped …

Jul 4, 2025 · The landing site is about 2,300 miles (3,700 kilometers) from Curiosity's landing site in Gale Crater. This image shows the remains of an ancient delta in Mars' Jezero Crater, …

NASA’s Curiosity rover landed in Gale Crater on August 6, 2012 (UTC). It is exploring the Red Planet as part of the Mars Science Laboratory mission. Curiosity’s main objec‐ tive is to …

The rover’s landing site was formally named the Challenger Memorial Station. Over the course of 10 years, it traveled to Endurance Crater, Victoria Cra-ter, Cape York and Solander Point at …

This is a still from an interactive web feature that guides you through the entry, descent and landing of NASA's Curiosity rover.

THE ARRIVAL an atmosphere and then descend on a parachute. Next, a descent stage carrying Curiosity will drop away and slow itself further with small rocket engines. Hovering just above …

Aug 5, 2022 · Ten years ago today, a jetpack lowered NASA’s Curiosity rover onto the Red Planet, beginning the SUV-size explorer’s pursuit of evidence that, billions of years ago, Mars …

It means that, no matter where it lands, the rover can be in driving range of the rocks and minerals that may hold clues to the possibility of life on Mars. Get ready, get set, go! From the official …