CURIOSITY

Development of the Mars Science Laboratory project began in 2003.  On November 26 2011, the Mars Science Laboratory mission launched a spacecraft on a trajectory to Mars, and on August 6, 2012 (UTC), it landed a mobile science vehicle named Curiosity at a landing site in Gale Crater.  During the trip to Mars, instrument health checks were performed and the Radiation Assessment Detector (RAD) instrument collected science data.  For the primary mission on the surface of Mars (ending September 28, 2014), the rover explored the landing site and gathered imaging, spectroscopy, composition data, and other measurements for selected Martian soils, rocks, and the atmosphere. These data will allow the science team to quantitatively assess the habitability and environmental history.  The prime mission's science objectives were to assess the biological potential of the landing site, characterize the geology of the landing region, investigate planetary processes that influence habitability, and characterize the broad spectrum of surface radiation.  The first extended mission retains all of the prime mission's objectives and will also strive to: identify and quantitatively assess the subset of habitable environments that are also capable of preserving organic compounds, and explore and characterize major environmental transitions recorded in the geology of the foothills of Mt. Sharp and adjacent plains.

extracted metadata from PDS3 catalog and
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MARS SCIENCE LABORATORY

PDS Image Atlas

Explore planetary data from NASA Mars and lunar landed missions

Analyst's Notebook

Text-based and an interactive map-based search interface for finding and downloading desired orbital observations

Orbital Data Explorer

Accelerometer for Mars Science Laboratory Entry, Descent and Landing

ALPHA PARTICLE X-RAY SPECTROMETER for MSL

CHEMISTRY CAMERA LASER INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROMETER for MSL

CHEMISTRY CAMERA REMOTE MICRO-IMAGER for MSL

CHEMISTRY CAMERA STATE OF HEALTH for MSL

CHEMISTRY AND MINERALOGY INSTRUMENT for MSL

DYNAMIC ALBEDO OF NEUTRONS for MSL

FRONT HAZARD AVOIDANCE CAMERA LEFT STRING A for MSL

FRONT HAZARD AVOIDANCE CAMERA LEFT STRING B for MSL

FRONT HAZARD AVOIDANCE CAMERA RIGHT STRING A for MSL

FRONT HAZARD AVOIDANCE CAMERA RIGHT STRING B for MSL

HAZARD AVOIDANCE CAMERA for MSL

MARS HAND LENS IMAGER CAMERA for MSL

MARS DESCENT IMAGER CAMERA for MSL

MAST CAMERA LEFT for MSL

MAST CAMERA RIGHT for MSL

NAVIGATION CAMERA LEFT STRING A for MSL

NAVIGATION CAMERA LEFT STRING B for MSL

NAVIGATION CAMERA RIGHT STRING A for MSL

NAVIGATION CAMERA RIGHT STRING B for MSL

NAVIGATION CAMERA for MSL

RADIATION ASSESSMENT DETECTOR for MSL

ROVER ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING STATION for MSL

REAR HAZARD AVOIDANCE CAMERA LEFT STRING A for MSL

REAR HAZARD AVOIDANCE CAMERA LEFT STRING B for MSL

REAR HAZARD AVOIDANCE CAMERA RIGHT STRING A for MSL

REAR HAZARD AVOIDANCE CAMERA RIGHT STRING B for MSL

SAMPLE ANALYSIS AT MARS for MSL

NAIF ID 499

Mars

Science
Imager	Curiosity ChemCam RMI Curiosity MAHLI Curiosity Mastcam Left Curiosity Mastcam Right
Neutron Spectrometer	Curiosity DAN
Radiation Detector	Curiosity RAD
Sensor Package	Curiosity REMS Curiosity SAM
Spectrometer	Curiosity ChemCam LIBS
X-Ray Spectrometer	Curiosity APXS Curiosity CheMin
Support
Accelerometer	Curiosity Accelerometer for MSL Entry, Descent and Landing
Imager	Curiosity Front Hazcam Left String A Curiosity Front Hazcam Left String B Curiosity Front Hazcam Right String A Curiosity Front Hazcam Right String B Curiosity Hazcam Curiosity MARDI Curiosity Navcam Curiosity Navcam Left String A Curiosity Navcam Left String B Curiosity Navcam Right String A Curiosity Navcam Right String B Curiosity Rear Hazcam Left String A Curiosity Rear Hazcam Left String B Curiosity Rear Hazcam Right String A Curiosity Rear Hazcam Right String B
Spacecraft Monitor	Curiosity ChemCam State of Health

Instrument Data for Mars Science Laboratory

Observational data from the mission instruments

Science

Imager

Neutron Spectrometer

Radiation Detector

Sensor Package

Spectrometer

X-Ray Spectrometer

Support

Accelerometer

Imager

Spacecraft Monitor