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Topography of Gale Crater
Topography of Gale Crater

Color coding in this image of Gale Crater on Mars represents differences in elevation, with blue relatively low and tan…

Illustrating MastCam Capabilities with a Terrestrial Scene
Illustrating MastCam Capabilities with a Terrestrial Scene

This figure shows images acquired through each of the eight filters in the filter wheel of the 34-millimeter-focal-length Mast Camera…

Expedition 29 Crew Lands
Expedition 29 Crew Lands

Russian support personnel work to help get crew members out of the Soyuz TMA-02M spacecraft shortly after the capsule landed…

Oblique View of Gale Crater, Mars, with Vertical Exaggeration
Oblique View of Gale Crater, Mars, with Vertical Exaggeration

Gale Crater, where the rover Curiosity of NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory mission will land in August 2012, contains a mountain…

Cross Section of Gale Crater, Mars
Cross Section of Gale Crater, Mars

This artist’s impression Mars’ Gale Crater depicts a cross section through the mountain in the middle of the crater, from…

Schematic of Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy
Schematic of Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy

This image illustrates the principals of a technique called “laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy,” which the Chemistry and Camera (ChemCam) instrument will…

SAM Instrument at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
SAM Instrument at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

The Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument for NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory mission will study chemistry of rocks, soil and…

Illustrating MastCam Capabilities with a Terrestrial Scene
Illustrating MastCam Capabilities with a Terrestrial Scene

This set of views illustrates capabilities of the Mast Camera (MastCam) instrument on the Mars Science Laboratory’s Curiosity rover, using…

Head of Mast on Mars Rover Curiosity
Head of Mast on Mars Rover Curiosity

This view of the head of the remote sensing mast on the Mars Science Laboratory mission’s rover, Curiosity, shows seven…

Studying a Wider Swath
Studying a Wider Swath

A section of the Mars Science Laboratory’s Gale Crater landing site is shown, with a representative path from the landing…