For information about NASA's Curiosity mission, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/msl and http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl
Follow the Curiosity rover on Twitter (@MarsCuriosity) and Facebook
FAQs Get answers to some of the most common questions about Curiosity: http://bit.ly/h56pie
INFORMATION ABOUT THE MISSION
Mission name: Mars Science Laboratory
Rover name: Curiosity rover
Size: About the size of a car -- 10 feet long (not including the arm), 9 feet wide and 7 feet tall!
Weight: 900 kilograms (2,000 pounds)
Features: Geology lab, rocker-bogie suspension, rock-vaporizing laser and lots of cameras
Mission: To search areas of Mars for past or present conditions favorable for life, and conditions capable of preserving a record of life
Launch: Nov. 26, 2011, from Cape Canaveral, Fla.
Arrival: August 5, 2012 PDT
Length of mission on Mars: The prime mission will last one Mars year or about 23 Earth months.
Mission Fact sheet: Download the PDF
For information about Curiosity’s power source and to obtain high-resolution images, visit:
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/news/newsroom/
Chat Rules:
Free registration with Ustream is required to participate in the chat box. The chat is open to all guests from around the planet.
• Be courteous
• Use respectful language
• Stay on topic
• Protect your private information
Social Media:
You're online, and Curiosity is, too. "Like," follow and get news here:
• Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MarsCuriosity
• Twitter: http://twitter.com/marscuriosity
• Mission pages: http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/
or http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/building_curiosity.html
Two other rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, have been on Mars since 2004. You can read about those rovers here, or follow @MarsRovers on Twitter.
For news on other missions at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, visit:
• Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/NASAJPL
• Twitter: http://twitter.com/NASAJPL
• Homepage: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/
Follow the Curiosity rover on Twitter (@MarsCuriosity) and Facebook
FAQs Get answers to some of the most common questions about Curiosity: http://bit.ly/h56pie
INFORMATION ABOUT THE MISSION
Mission name: Mars Science Laboratory
Rover name: Curiosity rover
Size: About the size of a car -- 10 feet long (not including the arm), 9 feet wide and 7 feet tall!
Weight: 900 kilograms (2,000 pounds)
Features: Geology lab, rocker-bogie suspension, rock-vaporizing laser and lots of cameras
Mission: To search areas of Mars for past or present conditions favorable for life, and conditions capable of preserving a record of life
Launch: Nov. 26, 2011, from Cape Canaveral, Fla.
Arrival: August 5, 2012 PDT
Length of mission on Mars: The prime mission will last one Mars year or about 23 Earth months.
Mission Fact sheet: Download the PDF
For information about Curiosity’s power source and to obtain high-resolution images, visit:
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/news/newsroom/
Chat Rules:
Free registration with Ustream is required to participate in the chat box. The chat is open to all guests from around the planet.
• Be courteous
• Use respectful language
• Stay on topic
• Protect your private information
Social Media:
You're online, and Curiosity is, too. "Like," follow and get news here:
• Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MarsCuriosity
• Twitter: http://twitter.com/marscuriosity
• Mission pages: http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/
or http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/building_curiosity.html
Two other rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, have been on Mars since 2004. You can read about those rovers here, or follow @MarsRovers on Twitter.
For news on other missions at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, visit:
• Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/NASAJPL
• Twitter: http://twitter.com/NASAJPL
• Homepage: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/
