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The Odometer Keeps Turning - August 22, 2013
While Curiosity continues to blaze a trail to Mount Sharp, the rover takes time to shoot a Martian moon movie.
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One Martian Moon Passes the Other - August 19, 2013
This video depicts NASA's Curiosity rover observing Mars' two moons, then shows one moon passing in front of the other.
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One Martian Moon Passes the Other - August 15, 2013
This sped-up movie from the Curiosity rover shows Phobos (the larger of Mars' two moons) passing in front of smaller Deimos.
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Happy Birthday Curiosity! - August 05, 2013
NASA's Curiosity rover celebrates its Martian birthday on August 5 (PDT), the day that it landed on Mars. In honor of this special occassion, engineers at Goddard Space Flight Center are using the Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument to "sing" Happy Birthday to Curiosity.
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Curiosity Rover: One Year on Mars - August 02, 2013
A look at the challenges and achievements of Curiosity's first year on Mars.
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Twelve Months in Two Minutes; Curiosity's First Year on Mars - August 01, 2013
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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Trek to Mount Sharp Begins - July 11, 2013
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity heads on the long journey to the mission's main destination, Mount Sharp.
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Phobos Passing Overhead - July 01, 2013
This movie clip shows Phobos, the larger of the two moons of Mars, passing overhead, as observed by NASA's Mars rover Curiosity in a series of images centered straight overhead starting shortly after sunset. Phobos first appears near the lower center of the view and moves toward the top of the view. The clip runs at accelerated speed; the amount of time covered in it is about 27 minutes.
The 86 frames combined into this clip were taken by the rover's Navigation Camera (Navcam) on the 317th Martian day of Curiosity's work on Mars (June 28, 2013, PDT). The apparent ring about halfway between the center of the frames and the edges is an artifact of the imaging due to scattering of light inside the camera.
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Curiosity's Cameras - June 13, 2013
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 others take black-and-white images.
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Rover Ready to Switch Gears - June 07, 2013
NASA's Curiosity rover switches to long-distance driving mode as she heads to Mount Sharp.
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Curiosity Mars Rover Drilling Into Its Second Rock - June 05, 2013
This sequence of images from the Front Hazard-Avoidance Camera on NASA's Mars rover Curiosity shows the rover drilling into rock target 'Cumberland.' The drilling was performed during the 279th Martian day, or sol, of the Curiosity's work on Mars (May 19, 2013). The video runs at accelerated speed and loops the sequence of images four times. The actual elapsed time is 25 minutes.
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Rover Readies for Second Drilling - May 16, 2013
Curiosity prepares for a second drilling and a tutorial on the complicated choreography to get the drill sample to her instruments.
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'Spring Break' Over: Commanding Resumes - May 09, 2013
Curiosity gets new software and new capabilities for the long trek to Mt. Sharp.
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Mars' Bygone Atmosphere - April 12, 2013
NASA's Curiosity finds that the Red Planet doesn't have the same atmosphere it used to.
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Inspiring Students to Build Robots - April 04, 2013
Bobak Ferdowsi, Curiosity flight director, shares a special message with students on building robots.
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What Happens When the Sun Blocks our Signal? - March 20, 2013
How can you communicate with Mars spacecraft when the Sun is in the way? Learn more about 'solar conjunction' in this 60-second video.
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Curiosity Rover Hits Paydirt - March 15, 2013
Curiosity's analyzed rock sample proves ancient Mars could have supported living microbes.
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Why is Curiosity Looking for Organics? - March 06, 2013
Has Mars ever had the right ingredients for life? What are organic molecules, and what can they tell us about the history of Mars? Learn more in this 60-second video from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
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Curiosity Collects First Rock Sample on Mars - February 21, 2013
Curiosity rover obtains the first sample ever collected from the interior of a rock on another planet.
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Drilling into Mars - February 20, 2013
This animation of NASA's Curiosity rover shows the complicated suite of operations involved in conducting the rover's first rock sample drilling on Mars and transferring the sample to the rover's scoop for inspection. The drilling and sample transfer took place on Feb. 8 and 20, 2013, or sols 182 and 193, Curiosity's 182nd and 193rd Martian days of operations.
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Video Clip of a Rover Rock-Drilling Demonstration at JPL - February 20, 2013
This video clip shows moments during a demonstration of drilling into a rock at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., with a test double of the Mars rover Curiosity. The drill combines hammering and rotation motions of the bit.
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Curiosity Drills on Mars - February 15, 2013
NASA's Curiosity drills for first sample from inside a rock on Mars.
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Simulation of Martian Bedrock Drilling - February 09, 2013
This animation depicts NASA's Mars rover Curiosity drilling a hole to collect a rock-powder sample at a target site called "John Klein"
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Curiosity Finds Calcium-Rich Deposits - January 18, 2013
NASA's Curiosity rover finds calcium deposits on Mars similar to those seen on Earth when water circulates in cracks and rock fractures.
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Curiosity Rover Gives Mars the Brush-Off - January 10, 2013
NASA's Curiosity rover dusts off a rock on Mars for the first time.
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