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Curiosity Takes a Close Look at Martian Sulfur Crystals 🪐

#Mars #MarsScienceLaboratory(MSL)

▶️ 1 new picture from NASA (Image Library) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Curiosity_Takes_a_Close_Look_at_Martian_Sulfur_Crystals_%28PIA26727%29.jpg

Goldstone’s 70-Meter Antenna Under the Stars 🪐

#DSN #Goldstone #Mars #MarsScienceLaboratory

⏩ 5 new pictures from NASA (Image Library) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles?limit=5&user=OptimusPrimeBot&ilshowall=1&offset=20260128011010

Curiosity Sends a Postcard From Mount Sharp’s Boxwork Region 🪐

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▶️ 1 new picture from NASA (Image Library) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Curiosity_Sends_a_Postcard_From_Mount_Sharp%E2%80%99s_Boxwork_Region_%28PIA26680%29.jpg

Before the #launch of #NASA’s #Mars #Science Laboratory #rover, a demonstration #wheel from the rover was on display for the press.
The wheels are made of #aluminum, machined as thinly as mission planners could to save weight.
Unfortunately, the thin metal broke against the unexpectedly hard and sharp rocks embedded in the ground, unlike any terrain NASA had seen on Mars.

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#MarsScienceLaboratory, #MSL, #Curiosity, #RoverWheel, #KennedySpaceCenter, #KSC, #Photography

Seeing clouds from the surface of #Mars will never get old.
The #Curiosity rover spotted these on Sol 3063 at dusk over a rock outcrop named Mont Mercou.
They are likely made of carbon dioxide and at an altitude of over 60km, which is much higher than typical for Mars.

Full resolution: https://flic.kr/p/2oUgFwL

NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Simeon Schmauß

#MarsScienceLaboratory #MSL #Mars #clouds #NASA #Space #Solarocks

Congrats to Curiosity and her entire team who are celebrating the 11th ladiversary today! 🥳
I used the occasion to reprocess the first of many amazing rover selfies which was taken on Sol 84.

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Simeon Schmauß

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#NASA’s #Mars #Science Laboratory #rover, #Curiosity, began its flight to Mars aboard a United Launch Alliance #Atlas V 541, with a 5 meter fairing, 4 SRBs, and 1 engine on its #Centaur upper stage.
Here, #ULA’s #AtlasV is carrying #MSL into the #cloudy #Florida #sky.
#MarsScienceLaboratory, #UnitedLaunchAlliance, #RocketLaunch, #Photograph, #Photography,
#Photo
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