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Curiosity rover beams back new colour photos of Gale Crater



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Mars Curiosity's Landing Was Almost Perfect, But Messy

On the fourth full day after the Mars Curiosity Rover landed on the surface of the Red Planet, NASA scientists finally have a clearer picture of just how the rover's descent went, where it is located, and when it will begin its mission to explore the Martian geology for signs that the planet ever could've supported life.
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Sol 4 Status of MSL Mission

Members of the Curiosity rover team brief media at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. four days into start of the mission on the Martian surface.



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Mars rover makes first colour panorama

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Nasa's new Mars rover has returned its first 360-degree colour panorama from the surface of the Red Planet.
The Curiosity robot used its wideangle science camera placed high up on a mast to acquire the frames.
The low-resolution vista shows at centre the big mountain that lies in the middle of Gale Crater, the deep depression in which the rover landed.
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Cemented fractures in Curiosity's foreground?

A panorama of navigation camera images, retrieved on the rover's third day on the surface, reveal that the retrorockets on the descent stage scoured out a shallow trench just a few metres from the rover. Clearly visible are two parallel, light-coloured, linear features.
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First 360-Degree Panorama From NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover

Remarkable image sets from NASA's Curiosity rover and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter are continuing to develop the story of Curiosity's landing and first days on Mars.
The images from Curiosity's just-activated navigation cameras, or Navcams, include the rover's first self-portrait, looking down at its deck from above. Another Navcam image set, in lower-resolution thumbnails, is the first 360-degree view of Curiosity's new home in Gale Crater. Also downlinked were two, higher-resolution Navcams providing the most detailed depiction to date of the surface adjacent to the rover.
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Nasa's Curiosity rover lifts its navigation cameras

The Curiosity Mars rover has lifted its mast and used its high navigation cameras for the first time.
The robot vehicle has returned black and white images that capture part of its own body, its shadow on the ground and views off to the horizon.
Spectacular relief - the rim cliffs of the crater in which the rover landed - can be seen in the distance.
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