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

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Real Martians Moment: Curious about Curiosity

Published on Sep 24, 2015

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

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Curiosity: Mars' Next Visitor

Uploaded on Feb 3, 2012

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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Meet Curiosity Rover's Brother, "Scarecrow"

Published on Apr 28, 2016

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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Hands-On with NASA's HoloLens Mars Demo

Published on Apr 29, 2016

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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How does NASA's Curiosity Rover work?

Published on Jul 11, 2016

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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Curiosity Rover report (August 5, 2016): four years on Mars

Published on Aug 4, 2016

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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This is how NASA guides robots around Mars

Published on Nov 25, 2016

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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Testing the Curiosity rover on Earth

Published on Dec 10, 2016

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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Rover POV: five years of Curiosity driving on Mars

Published on Aug 2, 2017

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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Curiosity’s first five years of science on Mars

Published on Aug 2, 2017

Five years of Martian discoveries after seven minutes of terror.