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'{{Current|date=August 2012}} {{cleanup-link rot|date=August 2012}} {{cleanup-images|date=August 2012}} This is a chronological list of discovery, information, pictures, and videos about a [[Mars]] [[NASA]] [[Mars Science Laboratory|MSL]] [[Curiosity rover|Curiosity]] mission. Mission duration: {{age in days|2012|08|06}} days since landing. <!-- at mission end, replace with "{{age in days|2012|08|06|year|month|day}} days from landing to mission end" --> =Timeline of MSL Curiosity mission= ==Before landing on Mars== {| class="wikitable" |----- ! style="text-align: center; background: #aabccc;"|Date ! style="text-align: center; background: #aabccc;"|Event ! style="text-align: center; background: #aabccc;"|Notes |----- |April 2004 || Mission proposals. || NASA called for proposals for the rover's scientific experiments and instruments. <ref name="Stathopoulos"> {{cite web |url=http://www.aerospaceguide.net/mars/science_laboratory.html |title=Mars Science Laboratory |accessdate=February 4, 2012 |last=Stathopoulos |first=Vic |date=October 2011 |work=Aerospace Guide}}</ref> Launch scheduled for 2010. |----- |December 14, 2004 || Instruments selected. || Eight proposals were selected, including instruments from Russia and Spain. |----- | December 2004 || Design and testing of components began. || |----- | November 2008 || Most hardware and software development was complete.<ref name="usra">[http://www.lpi.usra.edu/pss/jan92009/presentations/mslTechnicalCook.pdf MSL Technical and Replan Status]. Richard Cook. (January 9, 2009)</ref> || Testing continues. |----- | December 2008 || Launch rescheduled for November 2011 due to insufficient time for testing. || |----- | July 22, 2011 || Landing site selection || [[Gale (crater)|Gale Crater]] selected, as its deep alluvial fan is where ancient water shed debris from the crater’s rim and nearby [[Aeolis Mons]] peak. |----- | December 13, 2011 || ''Curiosity'' rover begins monitoring space radiation environment en route to Mars.{{cn|date=August 2012}} || |} <br /> ===November 2011=== ====Launch from Earth==== [[File:MSL Launches to the Red Planet.ogg|left|thumb|350px| November 26, 2011 15:02:00.211 UTC<ref>{{cite web |title=NASA - Multimedia - Video Gallery |url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/news/msl20120810.html|publisher=Nasa.gov|date=2010-04-28|accessdate=2012-08-10}}</ref>]] [[File:606779main msl20111126b-br2.jpg|thumb|right|350px|NASA's Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft, sealed inside its payload fairing atop the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, clears the tower at Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.<ref>[http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/images/?ImageID=3776 Mars Science Laboratory: Images<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>]]<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> {| class="wikitable" |----- ! style="text-align: center; background: #aabccc;"|Date ! style="text-align: center; background: #aabccc;"|Event ! style="text-align: center; background: #aabccc;"|Notes |----- | January 11, 2012 || First course correction.<ref name="space"> [http://www.space.com/16385-curiosity-rover-mars-science-laboratory.html MSL - Highlights] Space.com</ref> || |----- | March 26, 2012 || Second course correction.<ref name="space"/> || |----- | June 26, 2012 || Third and last course correction.<ref name="space"/> || It was previously expected to require 4 or 5 course corrections or refinements.{{cn|date=August 2012}} |} <br /> ==Landing on Mars== ====6 August 2012 - Landing on Mars==== <gallery> File:Curiosity's Descent.ogv|The Curiosity Mars Descent Imager (MARDI) captured the rover's descent to the surface of the Red Planet. The instrument shot 4 fps video from heatshield separation to the ground.<ref>http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/video/index.cfm?id=1106</ref> File:0000MD9999000036E1 DXXX.jpg|This image was taken by [[Mars Descent Imager (MARDI)]] onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 0 (2012-08-06 05:15:30 UTC).<ref>http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/raw/?rawid=0000MD9999000036E1_DXXX&s=0</ref> File:MRO sees Curiosity landing.jpg|NASA's Curiosity rover and its parachute were spotted by NASA's [[Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter]] as Curiosity descended to the surface on 5 Aug 2012 PDT (6 Aug EDT).<ref>http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/multimedia/pia15978b.html</ref> File:Milkovich-1ANNOTATED-pia16001-br2.jpg|The four main pieces of hardware that arrived on Mars with NASA's Curiosity rover were spotted by NASA's [[Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter]] (MRO).<ref>http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/images/?ImageID=4299</ref> </gallery> <br /> [[File:Cheering hq msl20120805-br2.jpg|left|thumb|360px|Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., celebrate the landing of NASA's Curiosity rover on the Red Planet.]] [[File:Cheering-full-br2.jpg|right|thumb|360px|The Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) team in the MSL Mission Support Area react after learning the the Curiosity rove has landed safely on Mars and images start coming in at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Mars.]] <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> The following data were compiled by Curiosity's Entry, Descent and Landing team at [[Jet Propulsion Laboratory|NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory]] in [[Pasadena]], [[California|Calif]]. It provides a timeline of critical mission events that occurred on the evening of Aug. 5 PDT (early on Aug. 6 EDT).<ref>[http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/news/edl20120809.html NASA - Timeline Mission Milestones During Curiosity's Landing<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> {| class="wikitable" |- ! Event !! Time of Event Occurrence at [[Mars]] (PDT) !! Time Event Occurrence Received on [[Earth]] (PDT) |- | Atmospheric Entry || 10:10:45.7 PM || 10:24:33.8 PM |- | Parachute Deploy || 10:15:04.9 PM || 10:28:53.0 PM |- | Heat Shield Separation || 10:15:24.6 PM || 10:29:12.7 PM |- | Rover Separation (from Descent Stage) || 10:17:38.6 PM ||10:31:26.7 PM |- | Touchdown || 10:17:57.3 PM || 10:31:45.4 PM |} [[File:675608main edl20120809-full.jpg|770px]] Curiosity's EDL team releases a timeline for mission milestones (depicted in this artist's concept) surrounding the landing of the Mars rover. <br /> ==After landing on Mars== ===August 2012=== ====Sol 0==== <gallery> File:Sample thumbnail by Curiosity at NASA-JPL.jpg|First picture by MSL Curiosity from Mars<ref>http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/multimedia/mccuistion.html</ref> File:Landscape-MarsCuriosity.png|This is the full-resolution version of one of the first images taken by a rear Hazard-Avoidance camera on NASA's Curiosity rover, which landed on Mars the evening of Aug. 5 PDT (morning of Aug. 6 EDT).<ref>http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/multimedia/pia15987.html</ref> File:673885main PIA15986-full full.jpg|The Curiosity rover landed on August 6, 2012 about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from the base of [[Aeolis Mons]] (or Mount Sharp) </gallery> ====Sol 1==== [[File:First Color Image of the Martian Landscape Returned from Curiosity.jpg|350px]] <br /> First Color Image of the Martian Landscape Returned from Curiosity <ref>[http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/images/?ImageID=4282 Mars Science Laboratory: Images<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> ====Sol 2==== {| class="wikitable" |----- ! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="3" | '''08 August 2012''' |----- ! style="text-align: center; background: #aabccc;"|Date ! style="text-align: center; background: #aabccc;"|Event ! style="text-align: center; background: #aabccc;"|Notes |----- | {{As of|2012|08|08}} || Rover begins a scheduled software upgrade. || ''Curiosity'' will spend parts of the next four days upgrading its dual computers. Mission Control is switching the entry, descent and landing software operating system (R9) to the surface operation operating system (R10).<ref>[http://science.time.com/2012/08/09/the-curiosity-rover-preps-for-big-plans-after-its-daring-decent/?iid=sci-main-lede?xid=gonewsedit The Curiosity Rover Preps for Big Plans After its Daring Descent] ''Time''. August 9, 2012</ref> |----- |} <br /> [[File:PIA16011.jpg|770px]] <br /> This is the first 360-degree panoramic view from NASA's Curiosity rover, taken with the Navigation cameras.<ref>[http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/images/?ImageID=4347 Mars Science Laboratory: Images<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> <br /> [[File:NLA 397682534EDR F0020000AUT 04096M.JPG|385px]] [[File:NLA 397673010EDR F0010008AUT 04096M.JPG|385px]] <br /> 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. <ref>[http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/images/?ImageID=4348 Mars Science Laboratory: Images<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> <br /> [[File:675732main pia16040-full full.jpg|300px]] <br /> 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.<ref>[http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/multimedia/pia16040.html NASA - Traces of Landing<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> <br /> [[File:674861main pia16012-full full.jpg|300px]] <br /> This Picasso-like self portrait of NASA's Curiosity rover was taken by its Navigation cameras, located on the now-upright mast.<ref>[http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/multimedia/pia16012.html NASA - Rover's Self Portrait<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> <br /> [[File:Clear Views on Mars.jpg|500px]] <br /> 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.<ref>[http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/multimedia/pia16005.html NASA - Clear Views on Mars<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> ====Sol 3==== [[File:675227main pia16029-full full.jpg|800px]]<br /> First 360-degree panorama in color of the [[Gale Crater]] This is the first 360-degree panorama in color of the Gale Crater landing site taken by NASA's Curiosity rover. The panorama was made from thumbnail versions of images taken by the Mast Camera.<ref>[http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/images/?ImageID=4372 Mars Science Laboratory: Images<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> ====Sol 4==== ====Sol 5==== <!-- ====Sol 6==== ====Sol 7==== ====Sol 8==== ====Sol 9==== ====Sol 10==== ====Sol 11==== ====Sol 12==== ====Sol 13==== ====Sol 14==== ====Sol 15==== ====Sol 16==== ====Sol 17==== ====Sol 18==== ====Sol 19==== ====Sol 20==== ====Sol 21==== ====Sol 22==== ====Sol 23==== ====Sol 24==== ====Sol 25==== ====Sol 26==== ====Sol 27==== ====Sol 28==== ====Sol 29==== ====Sol 30==== ====Sol 31==== ==September 2012== ==October 2012== ==November 2012== ==December 2012== --> <br /> ==Planned events in the future== ===August 2012=== ====10-13 August==== 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 strong robotic arm. The rover's "brain transplant," which will occur during a series of steps Aug. 10 through Aug. 13, will install a new version of software on both of the rover's redundant main computers. This software for Mars surface operations was uploaded to the rover's memory during the Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft's flight from Earth.<ref>[http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/news/msl20120810.html NASA - NASA Curiosity Mars Rover Installing Smarts for Driving<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> <br /> ==Sol== {{Main|Timekeeping on Mars}} The term sol is used by planetary astronomers to refer to the duration of a solar day on Mars.<ref>[http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mer/images/pia01892.html NASA - Opportunity's View, Sol 959 (Vertical)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> A mean Martian solar day, or "sol", is 24 hours, 39 minutes, and 35.244 seconds.<ref>[http://www.giss.nasa.gov/tools/mars24/help/notes.html NASA GISS: Technical Notes on Mars Solar Time<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> ==See also== * [[Mars Science Laboratory]] * [[Curiosity rover]] * [[Exploration of Mars]] * [[NASA Missions]] ==References== <!--Please consider using this "Reference generator" page for correct reference format: http://toolserver.org/~magnus/makeref.php --> {{Reflist}} ==External links== *[http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/ MSL Official Page] *[http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/index.html NASA Official Page MSL] {{MSL}} {{NASAMER}} {{Mars spacecraft}} {{NASA navbox}} {{Portal bar|Mars|Robotics|Spaceflight}} [[Category:2011 in spaceflight]] [[Category:2012 in spaceflight]] [[Category:2011 robots]] [[Category:2011 in the United States]] [[Category:2012 in the United States]] [[Category:Article Feedback 5 Additional Articles]] [[Category:Mars spacecraft]] [[Category:Unmanned spacecraft]] [[Category:Active extraterrestrial probes]] [[Category:Astrobiology]] [[Category:Exploration of Mars]] [[Category:Mars Science Laboratory]] [[Category:NASA probes]] [[Category:Nuclear power in space]] [[Category:Nuclear-powered robots]] [[Category:Planetary rovers]] [[Category:Six-wheeled robots]] [[Category:Article Feedback 5 Additional Articles]] {{spacecraft-stub}}'