Curiosity (penjelajah)

Curiosity instrument diagram.

Curiosity adalah sebuah wahana penjelajah berukuran mobil menjelajahi Kawah Gale di Mars sebagai bagian dari misi NASA Mars Science Laboratory (MSL).

Curiosity diluncurkan dari Cape Canaveral pada tanggal 26 November 2011, pukul 10:02 EST menggunakan roket peluncur Atlas V dan berhasil mendarat di Aeolis Palus di Kawah Gale di Mars pada 6 Agustus 2012, 05:17 UTC. Lokasi pendaratan Curiosity dinamai Bradbury, dengan jarak kurang dari 2,4 km (1,5 mil) dari target touchdown wahana penjelajah.

Referensi

• Curiosity Rover - Home Page - NASA/JPL
• MSL - NASA Updates - *LIVE* TBA Schedule (NASA-TV) (NASA-Audio)
• MSL - NASA Updates - *REPLAY* Anytime (NASA-YouTube) (NASA-Ustream)
• MSL - "Curiosity" Design and Mars Landing - PBS Nova (11/14/2012) - Video (53:06)
• MSL - "Curiosity 'StreetView'" (Sol 2 - 08/08/2012) - NASA/JPL - 360º Panorama
• MSL - "Curiosity Lands" (08/06/2012) - NASA/JPL - Video (03:40)
• MSL - "Curiosity Descent" (08/21/2012) (sim&real/narrated) - Video (04:06)
• MSL - "Curiosity Descent" (08/06/2012) (real time/25fps) - Video (01:57)
• MSL - "Curiosity Descent" (08/06/2012) (all/4fps) - NASA/JPL - Video (03:04)
• MSL - Landing ("7 Minutes of Terror") - NASA/JPL - Video (05:08)
• MSL - Landing (EDL/EntryDescentLanding) - Animated Video (02:00)
• MSL - Landing Site - Gale Crater - Animated/Narrated Video (02:37)
• MSL - Landing Site - Gale Crater - Google Mars (zoomable map)
• MSL - Curiosity Rover - Learn About Curiosity - NASA/JPL
• MSL - Curiosity Rover - Virtual Tour - NASA/JPL
• MSL - NASA Image Gallery
• Weather Reports from the Rover Environmental Monitoring Station (REMS)
• Curiosity di Twitter
• MSL - NASA Update - AGU Conference (12/03/2012) Video (70:13)
• Panorama (via Universe Today)
• Talking to Martians: Communications with Mars Curiosity Rover