NASA’s Curiosity Rover Discovers a Surprise in a Martian Rock
WEBJul 18, 2024 · Among several recent findings, the rover has found rocks made of pure sulfur — a first on the Red Planet. Scientists were stunned on May 30 when a rock that NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover drove over cracked open to reveal something never seen before on the Red Planet: yellow sulfur crystals.
Mars Science Laboratory: Curiosity Rover - NASA Science
WEBNov 26, 2011 · Scientists were stunned when a wheel on the Curiosity Mars rover recently cracked open a rock to reveal something never seen before on the Red Planet: yellow sulfur crystals. Dr. Ashwin Vasavada, Curiosity’s project scientist, explains the significance of the finding as well as other notable discoveries from the mountain-climbing Mars ...
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Clocks 4,000 Days on Mars - NASA
WEBNov 6, 2023 · NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover used the drill on the end of its robotic arm to collect a sample from a rock nicknamed “Sequoia” on Oct. 17, 2023, the 3,980th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. The rover’s Mastcam captured this image.
Mars Science Laboratory: Curiosity Rover News & Features
WEBNASA’s Curiosity Rover Discovers a Surprise in a Martian Rock. Among several recent findings, the rover has found rocks made of pure sulfur — a first on the Red Planet. Scientists were stunned on May 30 when a rock that NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover drove over cracked open to reveal….
Curiosity Rover Updates - Science@NASA
WEB4 days ago · Curiosity Rover Updates. These updates are provided by self-selected Mars Science Laboratory mission team members who love to share what Curiosity is doing with the public.
NASA’s Curiosity Finds Surprise Clues to Mars’ Watery Past
WEBFeb 8, 2023 · NASA’s Curiosity used its Mastcam to capture this 360-degree panorama of “Marker Band Valley” on Dec. 16, 2022, the 3,684th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. Rippled rock textures found in this area are the clearest evidence the rover has seen of water and waves from Mars’ ancient past.
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Clocks 4,000 Days on Mars
WEBNov 6, 2023 · NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover captured this 360-degree panorama using its black-and-white navigation cameras, or Navcams, at a location where it collected a sample from a rock nicknamed “Sequoia.” The panorama was captured on Oct. 21 and 26, 2023.
10 Years Since Landing, NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover Still Has Drive
WEBAug 5, 2022 · Ten years ago today, a jetpack lowered NASA’s Curiosity rover onto the Red Planet, beginning the SUV-size explorer’s pursuit of evidence that, billions of years ago, Mars had the conditions needed to support microscopic life.
NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover Explores a Changing Landscape
WEBAug 17, 2021 · Images of knobbly rocks and rounded hills are delighting scientists as NASA’s Curiosity rover climbs Mount Sharp, a 5-mile-tall (8-kilometer-tall) mountain within the 96-mile-wide (154-kilometer-wide) basin of Mars’ Gale Crater.
NASA’s Curiosity rover makes its ‘most unexpected’ find on Mars - CNN
WEBJul 20, 2024 · The Curiosity rover has made its most unusual find to date on Mars: rocks made of pure sulfur. And it all began when the 1-ton rover happened to drive over a rock and crack it open,...
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