Gale Crater, where the rover Curiosity of NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory mission will land in August 2012, contains a mountain…
This artist’s impression Mars’ Gale Crater depicts a cross section through the mountain in the middle of the crater, from…
This image illustrates the principals of a technique called “laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy,” which the Chemistry and Camera (ChemCam) instrument will…
The Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument for NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory mission will study chemistry of rocks, soil and…
This set of views illustrates capabilities of the Mast Camera (MastCam) instrument on the Mars Science Laboratory’s Curiosity rover, using…
This view of the head of the remote sensing mast on the Mars Science Laboratory mission’s rover, Curiosity, shows seven…
A section of the Mars Science Laboratory’s Gale Crater landing site is shown, with a representative path from the landing…
This image displays the type of detail discernable with the telescopic camera of the Chemistry and Camera (ChemCam) instrument on…
This image provides an example of the type of data collected by the Chemistry and Camera (ChemCam) instrument on the…
