NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Participants

Michael Watkins - Curiosity mission manager, JPL

Louise Jandura - Sampling system lead engineer, JPL

Ashwin Vasavada - Curiosity deputy project scientist, JPL

Igor Mitrofanov - Principal investigator of DAN

Javier Gomez-Elvira - Principal investigator of REMS

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Michael Watkins - 1

This set of images shows the movement of the rear right wheel of NASA's Curiosity as rover drivers turned the wheels in place at the landing site on Mars.
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Michael Watkins - 2

This full-resolution image from NASA's Curiosity shows the turret of tools at the end of the rover's extended robotic arm on Aug. 20, 2012.
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Michael Watkins - 3

This full-resolution image from NASA's Curiosity shows the elbow joint of the rover's extended robotic arm on Aug. 20, 2012.
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Louise Jandura - 1

This animation depicts movements of the robotic arm of NASA's Mars rover Curiosity as commanded for Aug. 20, 2012, the first time the arm was used on Mars. The animation is derived from visualization software that rover planners use in developing the commands sent to the rover.
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Igor Mitrofanov - 1

This image of NASA's Curiosity rover shows the location of the two components of the Dynamic Albedo of Neutrons instrument.
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Igor Mitrofanov - 2

The heritage for investigations with the Dynamic Albedo of Neutrons instrument on NASA's Curiosity rover comes from NASA's Odyssey orbiter.
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Igor Mitrofanov - 3

NASA's Curiosity rover pinged the ground with neutrons for the first time, a process called active neutron sounding, on August 17, 2012.
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Javier Gomez-Elvira - 1

Sensors on two finger-like mini-booms extending horizontally from the mast of NASA's Mars rover Curiosity will monitor wind speed, wind direction and air temperature.
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Javier Gomez-Elvira - 2

This graph shows readings for atmospheric pressure at the landing site of NASA's Curiosity rover.
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Javier Gomez-Elvira - 3

This graph shows the rise and fall of air and ground temperatures on Mars obtained by NASA's Curiosity rover.
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Javier Gomez-Elvira - 4

This screen grab shows a sample -- not actual data -- of the kinds of Mars weather reports we will be getting from NASA's Curiosity rover.
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Ashwin Vasavada - 1

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.
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