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The rover is still operational, and as of 31 January 2025, Curiosity has been active on Mars for 4440 sols ... Animation of the Curiosity rover, showing its capabilities.
Rover Mars 3 28 May 1971 4.5 Not deployed [4] [5] 3. Mars 96: Penetrator Mars 96 16 Nov 1996 88 Failure [11] 4. Deep Space 2: Penetrator Mars Polar Lander 03 Jan 1999 2.4 Failure [14] [15] 5. Sojourner: Rover Mars Pathfinder 04 Dec 1996 11.5 Success [12] [13] 6. Mars helicopter Ingenuity: UAV Helicopter: Mars 2020 Perseverance rover: 30 Jul ...
Curiosity rover on Mars (5 August 2015). The Mars Science Laboratory and its rover, Curiosity, were launched from Earth on 26 November 2011. As of January 24, 2025, Curiosity has been on the planet Mars for 4432 sols (4554 total days; 12 years, 171 days) since landing on 6 August 2012.
The equipment allows the rover to take images that would show scientists how cloud particles glow over time. To create the panorama you see above, NASA stitched together 28 images taken by the ...
While surveying the site of an ancient channel on Mars, the Curiosity rover ran over a rock and discovered pure sulfur on the red planet for the first time.
NASA's Curiosity rover, selfie, 2015. A Mars rover is a remote-controlled motor vehicle designed to travel on the surface of Mars. Rovers have several advantages over stationary landers: they examine more territory, they can be directed to interesting features, they can place themselves in sunny positions to weather winter months, and they can advance the knowledge of how to perform very ...
NASA's Curiosity rover has been exploring the surface of Mars since 2012, and it recently came upon a rather puzzling find. While scouring Mars' Mount Sharp earlier this week, the rover stumbled ...
First Chinese extraterrestrial rover and first lunar rover in over 40 years. Chang'e 4: Yutu-2: CNSA: 3 January 2019 2220 days 1.455 km (0.904 mi) [2] as of 3 January 2023: Operational First rover on the far side of the Moon.