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    Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) is a robotic space probe mission to Mars launched by NASA on November 26, 2011, which successfully landed Curiosity, a Mars...
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    The Mars Science Laboratory and its rover, Curiosity, were launched from Earth on 26 November 2011. As of August 3, 2024, Curiosity has been on the planet...
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    Curiosity is a car-sized Mars rover exploring Gale crater and Mount Sharp on Mars as part of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission. Curiosity was...
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    active projects at the laboratory, some are the Mars 2020 mission, which includes the Perseverance rover; the Mars Science Laboratory mission, including the...
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    inactive "forever". On 26 November 2011, NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission was successfully launched for Mars. The mission successfully landed the robotic...
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    "Touchdown! Huge NASA Rover Lands on Mars". Space.com. Retrieved 14 December 2012. NASA Staff (2012). "Mars Science Laboratory – PARTICIPATE – Follow Your CURIOSITY"...
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    operate on Mars. Multiple rovers have been dispatched to Mars: Curiosity of the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission by NASA, was launched November 26, 2011...
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  • MSL Science Team (November 12, 2013). "Mars' Surface Radiation Environment Measured with the Mars Science Laboratory's Curiosity Rover" (PDF). Science. 343...
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    Rocker-bogie (category Mars Science Laboratory)
    robots Spirit and Opportunity, on the 2012 Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission's rover Curiosity, the Mars 2020 rover Perseverance and ISRO's Chandrayaan-3...
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    explore Mars via two rovers Mars Science Laboratory – Robotic mission that deployed the Curiosity rover to Mars in 2012 Mars 2020 – Astrobiology Mars rover...
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    on remote maintenance. Mars Odyssey's THEMIS instrument was used to help select a landing site for the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL). Several days before...
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    servicing mission, Mars Exploration Rover extended mission operations, launch Mars Science Laboratory in 2009, and to prevent Earth science mission Glory from...
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    Sky crane (landing system) (category Mars Science Laboratory)
    landing (EDL) sequence developed by NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory for its two largest Mars rovers, Curiosity and Perseverance. While previous rovers...
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    Mars Exploration Rovers (MER). He was the lead engineer of the Mars Science Laboratory's EDL phase (Entry, Descent and Landing), and helped design, build...
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    Multi-mission radioisotope thermoelectric generator (category Mars Science Laboratory)
    generator (RTG) developed for NASA space missions such as the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL), under the jurisdiction of the United States Department of...
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  • "ExoMars program gathers strength". The Voice of Russia. Archived from the original on 2012-08-06. Retrieved 2012-07-15. "Mars Science Laboratory: Mission"...
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    Science Systems - Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) Instrument Description". Msss.com. Retrieved 2012-10-05. "MSL Science Corner:...
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    Peter Theisinger (category Mars Exploration Rover mission)
    Engineering and Science Directorate at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California and was the project manager of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover...
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    in 2008. The Mars Science Laboratory mission was launched on November 26, 2011, and delivered the Curiosity rover on the surface of Mars on August 6,...
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    and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory manages the mission. The mission is part of NASA's Mars Exploration Program. The Science Definition Team proposed...
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    Bobak Ferdowsi (category Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
    flight engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He served on the Cassini–Huygens and Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity missions. Ferdowsi gained brief...
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    Mars, the passing Martian days (sols) have been tracked using a simple numerical count. The two Viking landers, Mars Phoenix, Mars Science Laboratory...
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  • Shield Last Chance Mackinac Island Oileán Ruaidh Curiosity rover (Mars Science Laboratory, 2012 - present): Bathurst Inlet Goulburn Hottah Jake Matijevic...
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    "Image: Mars Curiosity Looks Away from the Sun". SpaceRef - Your Space Reference. 2012-08-08. Retrieved 2012-08-09. "Mars Science Laboratory: Participate"...
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    use in precision alignment applications. NASA's Mars Exploration Rovers and the Mars Science Laboratory rover Curiosity have engineered flexures in their...
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    – successfully landed Mars Polar Lander (lost) Deep Space 2 (lost) Phoenix lander – successfully landed Mars Science Laboratory (Curiosity rover) – successfully...
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    Allen Chen (category Mars Science Laboratory)
    Descent, and Landing (EDL) Operations Lead on the Mars Science Laboratory mission and the EDL Lead for the Mars 2020 mission. Chen is from Newtown, PA, and...
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    sites and Mars rover traverses. MRO played a key role in choosing safe landing sites for the Phoenix lander in 2008, Mars Science Laboratory / Curiosity...
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    Aaron Yazzie (category Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
    Propulsion Laboratory. His work involves planetary sample acquisition and handling. He has worked on the Mars Science Laboratory, InSight, and Mars 2020 missions...
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    Vandi Verma (category Mars Science Laboratory)
    roboticist and chief engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, known for driving the Mars rovers, notably Curiosity and Perseverance, using software...
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