PIA17084: Twelve Months in Two Minutes; Curiosity's First Year on Mars


Twelve Months in Two Minutes; Curiosity’s First Year on Mars

Caption:

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Here is a rover's eye view of driving, scooping and drilling during Curiosity's first year on Mars, August 2012 through July 2013. This animation combines 556 frames taken by NASA's Mars rover's Hazard-Avoidance camera (Hazcam).

Background Info:

JPL, a division of the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, manages the Mars Science Laboratory Project for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington. JPL designed and built the project's Curiosity rover.

For more about NASA's Curiosity mission, visit: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/msl , http://www.nasa.gov/mars , and http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl .

Cataloging Keywords:

Name Value Additional Values
Target Mars
System
Target Type Planet
Mission Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
Instrument Host Curiosity Rover
Host Type Rover
Instrument Hazard Camera (Hazcam)
Detector
Extra Keywords Grayscale, Movie
Acquisition Date
Release Date 2013-08-01
Date in Caption
Image Credit NASA/JPL-Caltech
Source photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA17084
Identifier PIA17084