
As of June 2012, the target landing area for NASA Mars Science Laboratory mission is the ellipse marked on this image of Gale Crater. The ellipse is about 12 miles long and 4 miles wide 20 kilometers by 7 kilometers.
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NASA ID
PIA15687
Date Created
June 11, 2012
Center
JPL
Media Type
image
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