Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) is a robotic space probe mission to Mars launched by NASA on November 26, 2011, which successfully landed Curiosity, a Mars rover, in Gale Crater on August 6, 2012 at 05:14:39 UTC. The Curiosity rover's objectives include determining Mars's habitability, studying its climate and exogeology, and collecting data for future human missions.The rover carries a variety of scientific instruments designed by an international team.
08.06.2012
Curiosity's Snaps Picture of Its Shadow.
This is the first image taken by NASA's Curiosity rover,
which landed on Mars the evening of Aug. 5 PDT (morning of Aug. 6 EDT).
It was taken through a "fisheye" wide-angle lens on one of the rover's front left Hazard-Avoidance cameras at one-quarter of full resolution.
The clear dust cover on the camera is still on in this view, and dust can be seen around its edge, along with three cover fasteners. The rover's shadow is visible in the foreground.
As planned, the rover's early engineering images are lower resolution. Larger color images are expected later in the week when the rover's mast, carrying high-resolution cameras, is deployed.
(Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech)
"I'm safely on the surface of Mars. GALE CRATER I AM IN YOU!!!" #MSL
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Bravo!
xoxo,
Lindsay
