Mars Science Laboratory and Curiosity, car-sized robotic rover, NASA, USA

This is a time lapse video from the Curiosity Rover, created with the Raw Images available at mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/raw

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As NASA's Curiosity heads to Mount Sharp, the rover is using autonomous navigation to pick the best route

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John Grotzinger, Curiosity's principal investigator, narrates an aerial tour of the rover's past, present and future traverses on the Red Planet.

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NASA's Curiosity has determined the age of a Martian rock and provided first readings of radiation on the surface of Mars.

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The Curiosity Mars Rover is one of the most complex machines ever built, a fully equipped analytical laboratory rolling around on the surface of another planet. "Our Curiosity" celebrates the mission's exploratory spirit and scientific prowess with narration from Neil DeGrasse Tyson and Felicia Day, and an original score from Austin Wintory.

Copyright Jeffrey Marlow 2014

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Scientists are studying Mars from every angle in preparation to send the first human astronauts to the Red Planet. Data from the Curiosity rover has proven invaluable.

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Layers of intrigue: See how a Martian mountain inside of a crater came to be. Related story and images:
"NASA's Curiosity Rover Finds Clues to How Water Helped Shape Martian Landscape"

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Catch red planet rover Thu Dec 18 10/9c on Discovery.

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A quick stop by the "Mars Yard" at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to learn more about rover technology.

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Plutonium powered robot car! With a laser gun! That's (kind of) what's hurtling through space right now as part of NASA Mars Science Laboratory heads for the Red Planet. Hank walks you through this historic mission, with the help of some kick ass animations (thanks NASA!).

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NASA's Curiosity Rover is currently roaming Mars' surface and climbing mountains in search of organic material and evidence of ancient life. The path is difficult to navigate and full of sand traps that could put the rover out of commission.

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NASA has been working with Microsoft's HoloLens technology to allow its Mars Curiosity rover engineers to visualize Mars and plan missions for the robot. We try a version of this OnSight application and chat with NASA's Dave Lavery about the potential of this kind of mobile virtual reality.

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Curiosity is a car sized robotic rover exploring Gale Crater on Mars. Did you know Curiosity's wheels have morse code on them?

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After four years on Mars, Curiosity rover and her operations team are now seasoned explorers, anxious to climb to greater heights on Mount Sharp.

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Driving rovers across a foreign planet is not easy. Scientists never expected the types of rocks they found on the surface of Mars, and unfortunately they're damaging Curiosity's tires.

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Before sending Curiosity to Mars, scientists test a replica on Earth. Will the giant rover be able to overcome the harsh challenges of the red planet?

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Five years of images from the front left hazard avoidance camera (Hazcam) on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover were used to create this time-lapse movie. The inset map shows the rover's location in Mars' Gale Crater. Each image is labeled with the date it was taken, and its corresponding sol (Martian day), along with information about the rover's location at the time.

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Five years of Martian discoveries after seven minutes of terror.

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