Mission type | Mars rover |
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Operator | NASA |
COSPAR ID | 2011-070A |
SATCAT no. | 37936 |
Website | http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/ |
Mission duration | Primary: 669 Martian sols (687 days) Time since landing: 11 years, 9 months, 24 days (4201 sols) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Manufacturer | JPL |
Launch mass | 3,839 kg (8,463 lb)[1] |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | November 26, 2011, 15:02:00.211UTC[2][3][4] |
Rocket | Atlas V 541 (AV-028) |
Launch site | Cape Canaveral SLC-41[5] |
Contractor | United Launch Alliance |
Mars rover | |
Landing date | August 6, 2012, 05:17 UTC (11 years, 9 months and 25 days ago) |
Landing site | Bradbury Landing in Gale Crater 4°35′22″S 137°26′30″E / 4.5895°S 137.4417°E[6][7] |
Distance driven | 30.00 km (18.64 mi) on Mars as of 30 May 2023[update][8] |
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Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) is a robotic space probe mission to Mars launched by NASA on November 26, 2011,[2] which successfully landed Curiosity, a Mars rover, in Gale Crater on August 6, 2012.[3][9][10][11] The overall objectives include investigating Mars' habitability, studying its climate and geology, and collecting data for a human mission to Mars.[12] The rover carries a variety of scientific instruments designed by an international team.[13]
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