PIA19164: Mars Weather-Station Tools on Rover's Mast


Mars Weather-Station Tools on Rover’s Mast

Caption:

The Rover Environmental Monitoring Station (REMS) on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover includes temperature and humidity sensors mounted on the rover's mast. One of the REMS booms extends to the left from the mast in this view.

Spain provided REMS to NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Project. The monitoring station has provided information about air pressure, relative humidity, air temperature, ground temperature, wind and ultraviolet radiation in all Martian seasons and at all times of day or night.

This view is a detail from a January 2015 Curiosity self-portrait. The self-portrait, at PIA19142 , was assembled from images taken by Curiosity's Mars Hand Lens Imager.

Background Info:

More information about Curiosity is online at http://www.nasa.gov/msl 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 Mast Camera (MastCam)
Detector
Extra Keywords Color, Ultraviolet
Acquisition Date
Release Date 2015-04-13
Date in Caption
Image Credit NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
Source photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA19164
Identifier PIA19164