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RE: Mars Science Laboratory mission

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RE: Mars Science Laboratory mission

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Mars Science Laboratory mission

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This colour-enhanced view shows NASA's Curiosity rover on the surface of Mars. It was taken by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
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NASA Hosts Teleconference About Curiosity Rover Progress

NASA will host a media teleconference at 17:00 UT on Tuesday, Aug. 14, to provide a status update on the Curiosity rover's mission to Mars' Gale Crater.
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Nasa Mars rover makes detailed crater image

Nasa has released the first full colour mosaic from its Curiosity rover on the surface of Mars.
Scientists have remarked that the rover's surroundings resembled parts of the southwestern US.
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Destination Aeolis Mons

This colour image from NASA's Curiosity rover looks south of the rover's landing site on Mars towards Aeolis Mons. This is part of a larger, high-resolution color mosaic made from images obtained by Curiosity's Mast Camera. The image provides an overview of the eventual geological targets Curiosity will explore over the next two years, starting with the rock-strewn, gravelly surface close by, and extending towards the dark dune field. Beyond that lie the layered buttes and mesas of the sedimentary rock of Aeolis Mons. The images in this mosaic were acquired by the 34-millimeter Mastcam over about an hour of time on Aug. 9, 2012, each at 1,200 by 1,200 pixels in size.

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First High-Resolution Colour Mosaic of Curiosity's Mastcam Images

Wall of Gale Crater

This colour image from NASA's Curiosity rover shows part of the wall of Gale Crater, the location on Mars where the rover landed on Aug. 6, 2012. This is part of a larger, high-resolution colour mosaic made from images obtained by Curiosity's Mast Camera.

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NASA Curiosity Mars Rover Installing Smarts for Driving

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity will spend its first weekend on Mars transitioning to software better suited for tasks ahead, such as driving and using its strong robotic arm.
The rover's "brain transplant," which will occur during a series of steps Aug. 10 through Aug. 13, will install a new version of software on both of the rover's redundant main computers. This software for Mars surface operations was uploaded to the rover's memory during the Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft's flight from Earth.
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