Curiosity’s Seven Minutes of Terror
Team members share the challenges of Curiosity’s final minutes to landing on the surface of Mars. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech    Curiosity’s mission site
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Curiosity’s Descent
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.
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Curiosity’s First Low-Resolution Color Panorama
THIS REPLACES THE VERSION POSTED ON AUG. 10, 2012. This movie shows the first 360-degree panorama in color of the Gale crater landing site taken by NASA’s Curiosity rover. It …
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First Rock Contact by Curiosity’s Arm
This engineering animation depicts the moves that NASA’s rover Curiosity made on Sept. 22, 2012, when the rover touched a Martian rock with its robotic arm for the first time. …
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Curiosity’s First Scoopful of Mars
This video clip shows the first Martian material collected by the scoop on the robotic arm of NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover, being vibrated inside the scoop after it was lifted …
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Curiosity Rover Report (Oct. 26, 2012): Working with Curiosity’s ChemCam Laser
Curiosity uses its ChemCam laser to explore a tiny cluster of rocks nicknamed “Stonehenge.”
Curiosity Rover Report (Dec. 21, 2012): Curiosity’s Martian Holiday
Curiosity will spend the holidays at a location on Mars dubbed “Grandma’s House.”
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Curiosity Rover Report (June 13, 2013): Curiosity’s Cameras
Curiosity is at Point Lake on Mars and will snap pictures to send home. Find out more about the rover’s 17 cameras, including why some shoot in color and others …
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Twelve Months in Two Minutes; Curiosity’s First Year on Mars
Here is a rover’s eye view of driving, scooping and drilling during Curiosity’s first year on Mars, August 2012 through July 2013.
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Curiosity’s First Year on Mars
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