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Curiosity has Reached an Ancient Debris Channel That Could Have Been Formed by Water https://www.universetoday.com/166407/curiosity-has-reached-an-ancient-debris-channel-that-could-have-been-formed-by-water/ #marssciencelaboratory #waterchannels #mslcuriosity #gedizvallis #aeolismons #galecrater #mtsharp #water #mars

A #model of the #MSL #Curiosity #Rover on #Mars.
This view shows the #ChemCam instrument on top of the rover’s #mast, along with the two #cameras for the #MastCam.
Part of the black, hexagonal high-gain antenna is just visible in the lower right and the #MMRTG on the right.

#NASA #MarsScienceLaboratory #MarsRover

An indoor photograph of part of a model of the Curiosity Mars Rover.
There is a gold-foil covered box with one large hole on top, with two smaller eye-like cameras beneath covered in steel gray. It is mounted on a mast painted black.
More parts of the rover are visible in the background, but are out of focus.

Before the #launch of #NASA’s #Mars #Science Laboratory #rover, a demonstration #wheel from the rover was on display for the press.
The wheels are made of #aluminum, machined as thinly as mission planners could to save weight.
Unfortunately, the thin metal broke against the unexpectedly hard and sharp rocks embedded in the ground, unlike any terrain NASA had seen on Mars.

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#MarsScienceLaboratory, #MSL, #Curiosity, #RoverWheel, #KennedySpaceCenter, #KSC, #Photography

An indoor photograph of a wheel sitting on a blue fabric-covered table. Behind it are 3 rows of desks.
The wheel has a black outer rim with angled projecting lines. The inside of the wheel is empty except for gray metal ribs that connect the rim to the circular gray metal center.

Seeing clouds from the surface of #Mars will never get old.
The #Curiosity rover spotted these on Sol 3063 at dusk over a rock outcrop named Mont Mercou.
They are likely made of carbon dioxide and at an altitude of over 60km, which is much higher than typical for Mars.

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NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Simeon Schmauß

#MarsScienceLaboratory #MSL #Mars #clouds #NASA #Space #Solarocks

a whispy layer of thin clouds covers the sky above a dimly lit rockface on mars.

Congrats to Curiosity and her entire team who are celebrating the 11th ladiversary today! 🥳
I used the occasion to reprocess the first of many amazing rover selfies which was taken on Sol 84.

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Simeon Schmauß

#Curiosity #MarsScienceLaboratory #MSL #Mars #NASA #Space #Solarocks

Selfie image of the Curiosity Mars rover standing on the surface of Mars at the Rocknest site. The sand patch in front of the rover has a few small pits where Curiosity scraped away some sand for analysis.In the background to the right rises the prominent slope of Mont Sharp.

A #NASA #helicopter flying over Kennedy #Space Center during the countdown to the launch of the #Mars #Science Laboratory rover, #Curiosity.
This #aircraft is a #Bell UH-1H II.
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#MarsScienceLaboratory, #KennedySpaceCenter, #KSC, #rotorcraft, #Photography

A photograph of a small helicopter in the bright blue sky.

#NASA’s #MSL #Curiosity #rover was sent to #Mars aboard a #ULA #Atlas V #rocket in its 541 configuration. This meant that the rocket flew with a 5 meter diameter fairing, 4 solid rocket boosters, and a single engine on its #Centaur upper stage.
In the 5 meter fairing version, the Centaur is encapsulated in the payload fairing along with the payload.
Painted on the fairing are the logos for the #AtlasProgram and the United Launch Alliance, as well as the #US flag and the serial number, AV-028.
#MarsScienceLaboratory, #UnitedLaunchAlliance, #AtlasRocket, #Atlas5, #AtlasV, #MarsRover, #Photography, #Photograph, #Photo
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