Curiosity Discovers Life on Mars

The Curiosity rover is a car-sized robotic rover exploring Gale Crater on Mars as part of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission.... more

by Ric Soulen

Title

Curiosity Discovers Life on Mars

Artist

Ric Soulen

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Photograph - Digital Art

Description

The Curiosity rover is a car-sized robotic rover exploring Gale Crater on Mars as part of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission.

Curiosity was launched from Cape Canaveral on November 26, 2011, at 10:02 EST aboard the MSL spacecraft and successfully landed on Aeolis Palus in Gale Crater on Mars on August 6, 2012, 05:17 UTC. The Bradbury Landing site[7] was less than 2.4 km (1.5 mi) from the center of the rover's touchdown target after a 350,000,000 mi. journey.

The rover's goals include: investigation of the Martian climate and geology; assessment of whether the selected field site inside Gale Crater ever has offered environmental conditions favorable for microbial life, including investigation of the role of water; and planetary habitability studies in preparation for future human exploration.

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December 18th, 2012