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Curiosity While on Parachute, Artist's Concept
This is an artist's concept of NASA's Curiosity rover tucked inside the Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft's backshell while the spacecraft is descending on a parachute toward Mars. The parachute is a...
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Curiosity and Descent Stage, Artist's Concept
This is an artist's concept of the rover and descent stage for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft during the final minute before the rover, Curiosity, touches down on the surface of Mars.
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Curiosity's Sky Crane Maneuver, Artist's Concept
This artist's concept shows the sky crane maneuver during the descent of NASA's Curiosity rover to the Martian surface.
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Curiosity Touching Down, Artist's Concept
This artist's concept depicts the moment that NASA's Curiosity rover touches down onto the Martian surface.
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A Moment After Curiosity's Touchdown, Artist's Concept
This artist's concept depicts the moment immediately after NASA's Curiosity rover touches down onto the Martian surface.
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Daybreak at Gale Crater
This computer-generated view depicts part of Mars at the boundary between darkness and daylight, with an area including Gale Crater beginning to catch morning light.
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Context of Curiosity Landing Site in Gale Crater
This oblique, southward-looking view of Gale crater shows the mound of layered rocks that NASA's Mars Science Laboratory will investigate. The mission's selected landing site is just north of the moun...
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Context of Curiosity Landing Site in Gale Crater, with Ellipse
This oblique, southward-looking view of Gale crater shows the landing site and the mound of layered rocks that NASA's Mars Science Laboratory will investigate. The landing site is in the smooth area i...
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Oblique view of Gale Crater from the Northwest
This computer-generated view based on multiple orbital observations shows Mars' Gale crater as if seen from an aircraft northwest of the crater.
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Oblique view of Gale Crater from the Northwest
This computer-generated view based on multiple orbital observations shows Mars' Gale crater as if seen from an aircraft northwest of the crater.
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Gale Crater - Future Home of Mars Rover Curiosity
NASA has selected Gale crater as the landing site for the Mars Science Laboratory mission. The mission's rover will be placed on the ground in a northern portion of the crater in August 2012. This vie...
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Gale Crater - Future Home of Mars Rover Curiosity
NASA has selected Gale crater as the landing site for the Mars Science Laboratory mission. The mission's rover will be placed on the ground in a northern portion of the crater in August 2012. This vie...
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Rock Layers in Lower Mound in Gale Crater
This oblique view of the lower mound in Gale crater shows layers of rock that preserve a record of environments on Mars. Here, orbiting instruments have detected signatures of both clay minerals and s...
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Lower Portion of Mound Inside Gale Crater (Annotated)
This oblique view of the lower mound in Gale crater on Mars shows an area of top scientific interest for the Mars Science Laboratory mission.
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Lower Portion of Mound Inside Gale Crater
This oblique view of the lower mound in Gale crater on Mars shows an area of top scientific interest for the Mars Science Laboratory mission.
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Canyons on Mountain Inside Gale Crater (Annotated)
This oblique view of Gale crater shows the landing site and the mound of layered rocks that NASA's Mars Science Laboratory will investigate. The landing site is in the smooth area in front of the moun...
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Canyons on Mountain Inside Gale Crater
This oblique view of Gale crater shows the landing site and the mound of layered rocks that NASA's Mars Science Laboratory will investigate. The landing site is in the smooth area in front of the moun...
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Eberswalde Crater, a Finalist Not Selected as Landing Site for Curiosity
An area inside Eberswalde crater was considered as a landing site for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission. If Eberswalde had been selected, rather than Gale crater, the mission's rover, Curiosity, ...
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Holden Crater, a Finalist Not Selected as Landing Site for Curiosity
An area inside Holden crater was considered as a landing site for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission. If Holden had been selected, rather than Gale crater, the mission's rover, Curiosity, would ha...
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Mawrth Vallis, a Finalist Not Selected as a Landing Site for Curiosity
Mawrth Vallis was considered as a landing site for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission. If it had been selected, rather than Gale crater, the mission's rover would have been sent to land in the Maw...
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