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| [[File:677719main pia16064b-full full.jpg|center|framed|100x100px]] || style="text-align: center;" | Glenelg <ref>http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/multimedia/pia16064b.html</ref> || style="text-align: center;" | 400 meters <ref>http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/news/msl20120817.html</ref> || | This image shows the landing site of NASA's Curiosity rover and destinations scientists want to investigate. Curiosity landed inside Gale Crater on Mars on Aug. 5 PDT (Aug. 6 EDT) at the green dot, within the Yellowknife quadrangle. The team has chosen for it to move toward the region marked by a blue dot that is nicknamed Glenelg. That area marks the intersection of three kinds of terrain. The science team thought the name Glenelg was appropriate because, if Curiosity traveled there, it would visit it twice -- both coming and going -- and the word Glenelg is a palindrome. Then, the rover will aim to drive to the blue spot marked "Base of Mt. Sharp", which is a natural break in the dunes that will allow Curiosity to begin scaling the lower reaches of Mount Sharp. At the base of Mt. Sharp are layered buttes and mesas that scientists hope will reveal the area's geological history. |
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This is a chronological list of discovery, information, pictures, and videos about the Mars NASA MSL Curiosity mission.
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April 2004 | Mission proposals. | NASA called for proposals for the rover's scientific experiments and instruments. [1] Launch was proposed for September 2009.[2][3] |
December 14, 2004 | Instruments selected. | Eight proposals were selected, including instruments from Russia and Spain.[3] |
December 2004 | Design and testing of components began. | |
November 2008 | Most hardware and software development were completed.[4] | Testing continues. |
December 2008 | Launch rescheduled for November 2011. | Delay due to insufficient time for testing and integration.[5] |
July 22, 2011 | Landing site selection | Gale Crater selected, as its deep alluvial fan is where ancient water shed debris from the crater’s rim and nearby Aeolis Mons peak.[6] |
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December 13, 2011 | Curiosity rover begins monitoring space radiation environment en route to Mars.[10] | |
January 11, 2012 | First trajectory correction. [10] | |
March 26, 2012 | Second trajectory correction.[10] | |
June 26, 2012 | Third trajectory correction.[10] | |
July 28, 2012 | Fourth and last trajectory correction maneuver.[11] | Mission design allowed for a maximum of 6 trajectory correction opportunities.[11] |
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August 6, 2012 | Automated precision landing at 05:17:57 UTC | Successful landing confirmed simultaneously by monitoring Mars orbiters. Curiosity landed on target and only 2.4 kilometres (1.5 mi) from its center.[12] Some low resolution images were beamed to Earth by relay orbiters.[13] |
August 6, 2012 | Status report. | Hours after landing, the rover begins to beam detailed data on its systems' status as well as on its entry, descent and landing experience. [13] |
The following data were compiled by Curiosity's Entry, Descent and Landing team at NASA's Jet Propulsion LaboratoryinPasadena, California. It provides a timeline of critical mission events that occurred on the evening of August 5 PDT (early on August 6 EDT).[21]
Event | Time of Event Occurrence at Mars (PDT) | Time Event Occurrence Received on Earth (PDT) |
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Atmospheric entry | 10:10:45.7 PM | 10:24:33.8 PM |
Parachute deployment | 10:15:04.9 PM | 10:28:53.0 PM |
Heat shield separation | 10:15:24.6 PM | 10:29:12.7 PM |
Rover lowered by the sky crane | 10:17:38.6 PM | 10:31:26.7 PM |
Touchdown | 10:17:57.3 PM | 10:31:45.4 PM |
Curiosity's EDL team releases a timeline for mission milestones (depicted in this artist's concept) surrounding the landing of the Mars rover.
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First Color Image of the Martian Landscape Returned from Curiosity [25]
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August 8, 2012 | Scheduled software upgrade. | Mission Control spent parts of the next days upgrading the rover's dual computers by switching the entry-descent-landing software to the surface operation software;[26] the switchover was completed by August 15.[27] |
This is the first 360-degree panoramic view from NASA's Curiosity rover, taken with the Navigation cameras.[28][29]
This is the first image taken by the Navigation cameras on NASA's Curiosity rover. It shows the shadow of the rover's now-upright mast in the center, and the arm's shadow at left. The arm itself can be seen in the foreground. [30]
This mosaic image shows part of the left side of NASA's Curiosity rover and two blast marks from the descent stage's rocket engines. The images that were used to make the mosaic were obtained by the rover's Navigation cameras.[31]
This self portrait of NASA's Curiosity rover was taken by its navigation cameras, located on the now-upright mast.[32]
This image comparison shows a view through a Hazard-Avoidance camera on NASA's Curiosity rover before and after the clear dust cover was removed.[33]
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Status of MSL Mission NASA Video NASA News |
These images were taken by Mastcam: Left (MAST_LEFT) onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 3[36][37]
This color image from NASA's Curiosity rover shows part of the wall of Gale Crater, the location on Mars where the rover landed on August 5, 2012 PDT (August 6, 2012 EDT). This is part of a larger, high-resolution color mosaic made from images obtained by Curiosity's Mast Camera.[38]
Pictures acquired by the Mastcam of the surface of Mars. [39][40][41][42][43][44]
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Status of MSL Mission NASA Video 1 Video 2 NASA News |
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August 10, 2012 | Curiosity Preps for a Planned 'Brain Transplant' | A healthy Curiosity spent Sol 4, its fifth day on Mars, preparing for this weekend's planned "brain transplant"--transitioning to a new version of flight software on both of Curiosity's redundant main computers. The new software is better suited for Mars surface operations, such as driving and using Curiosity's robotic arm. The "brain transplant" will take place during a series of steps beginning this evening and continuing through Aug. 13. The new software was uploaded to the rover's memory during the Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft's flight from Earth. Key capabilities in the new software enable full use of Curiosity's powerful robotic arm and drill, and advanced image processing to check for obstacles while driving. This will ultimately allow Curiosity to make longer drives by giving the rover more autonomy to identify and avoid potential hazards and to drive along a safe path that the rover identifies for itself.[46][47]
The flight team elected to defer further science activities until after the flight software transition is completed. Several Mastcam color images were downlinked. The mission's science team is busy analyzing images Curiosity has taken of its surroundings, and is discussing features of interest that they will investigate in a few weeks once initial checkouts of the rover and the landing site are completed.[46] |
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No science or instrument activities planned on Sol 5 [48]
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As of 15 August 2012[update] | Self-diagnosis and route planning | The rover will spend several days performing instrument checks and mobility tests.[50][51] The science and operations teams have identified at least six possible routes to the base of the mountain, and estimate about a year studying the rocks and soil of the crater floor while Curiosity slowly makes its way to the base of Mount Sharp.[50][52] Its first drive is planned to start in September to a rock formation called Glenelg about 460 metres (1,510 ft) to the East.[53] |
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This image was taken by Navcam: Left A (NAV_LEFT_A) onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity [54]
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MSL Curiosity rover Experiment No. 1[55] | |||
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Chemistry and Camera (ChemCam) instrument | This close-up image shows the first target NASA's Curiosity rover aims to zap with its Chemistry and Camera (ChemCam) instrument. ChemCam will be firing a laser at this rock, provisionally named N165, and analyzing the glowing, ionized gas, called plasma, that the laser excites. The instrument will analyze that spark with a telescope and identify the chemical elements in the target.[56] | Planned [56] |
MSL Curiosity Drive mission No. 1[57] | ||||
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Glenelg [58] | 400 meters [59] | This image shows the landing site of NASA's Curiosity rover and destinations scientists want to investigate. Curiosity landed inside Gale Crater on Mars on Aug. 5 PDT (Aug. 6 EDT) at the green dot, within the Yellowknife quadrangle. The team has chosen for it to move toward the region marked by a blue dot that is nicknamed Glenelg. That area marks the intersection of three kinds of terrain. The science team thought the name Glenelg was appropriate because, if Curiosity traveled there, it would visit it twice -- both coming and going -- and the word Glenelg is a palindrome. Then, the rover will aim to drive to the blue spot marked "Base of Mt. Sharp", which is a natural break in the dunes that will allow Curiosity to begin scaling the lower reaches of Mount Sharp. At the base of Mt. Sharp are layered buttes and mesas that scientists hope will reveal the area's geological history.[60] | Planned[61] |
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10-13 August | Software update | NASA's Mars rover Curiosity will spend its first weekend on Mars transitioning to software better suited for tasks ahead, such as driving and using its robotic arm. The rover's change of operating software will occur during a series of steps August 10 through August 13. This software for Mars surface operations was uploaded to the rover's memory during the Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft's flight from Earth.[62] | Success Complete [63] |
The term sol is used by planetary astronomers to refer to the duration of a solar day on Mars.[64] A mean Martian solar day, or "sol", is 24 hours, 39 minutes, and 35.244 seconds.[65]
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