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This mosaic of images from NASA Curiosity shows geological members of the Yellowknife Bay formation, and the sites...
NASA Curiosity Mars rover used the MAHLI camera at the end of its arm in April and May 2014 to take dozens of...
NASA Mars rover Curiosity drilled into this rock target, Cumberland, during the 279th Martian day, or sol, of the...
This false-color map shows the area within Gale Crater on Mars, where NASA Curiosity rover landed on Aug. 5, 2012...
S71-41501 (1 Aug. 1971) --- Astronaut David R. Scott, Apollo 15 commander, is seen carrying the Apollo Lunar Surface...
This graphic maps locations of the sites where NASA's Curiosity Mars rover collected its rock and soil samples for...
The graph at right presents information from the NASA Curiosity Mars rover's onboard analysis of rock powder drilled...
This animation depicts NASA Mars rover Curiosity drilling a hole to collect a rock-powder sample at a target site...
ISS026-E-016985 (11 Jan. 2011) --- Russian cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev, Expedition 26 flight engineer, participates...
This image from the Mars Hand Lens Imager MAHLI on NASA Mars rover Curiosity shows the rock target Cumberland before...
ISS026-E-016987 (11 Jan. 2011) --- Russian cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka, Expedition 26 flight engineer, participates in...
This head-on view shows the tip of the drill bit on NASA Mars rover Curiosity. The view merges two exposures taken...
The shape of the tip of the bit in the drill of NASA Mars rover Curiosity is apparent in this view recorded by the...
NASA Curiosity Mars rover targeted the laser of the ChemCam instrument with remarkable accuracy for assessing the...
This image taken by the Mastcam-Z camera aboard NASA's Perseverance rover on Sept. 4, 2021, confirmed that the rover...
NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover drilled this hole to collect sample material from a rock target called "Buckskin" on...
ISS043E019025 (03/18/2015) --- Safety training never ends onboard the International Space Station. This photo in the...
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover used its Mast Camera, or Mastcam, to take this 360-degree panorama of at the "Avanavero"...
This self-portrait of NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows the vehicle at the "Big Sky" site, where its drill collected...
The graph at right presents information from the NASA Curiosity Mars rover's onboard analysis of rock powder drilled...
ISS038-E-011718 (4 Dec. 2013) --- The Expedition 38 crew members participate in an emergency simulation drill with...
This selfie was taken by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover on Feb. 26, 2020 (the 2,687th Martian day, or sol, of the...
ISS038-E-011708 (4 Dec. 2013) --- In the International Space Station?s Zvezda Service Module, Russian cosmonaut...
ISS038-E-011710 (4 Dec. 2013) --- In the International Space Station’s Destiny laboratory, NASA astronaut Michael...