Mars Science Laboratory

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Mars mission NASA mission planetary science mission

Mars Science Laboratory is a NASA mission that delivered and operates the Curiosity rover to study Mars’s geology and climate and assess its past habitability.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Mars Science Laboratory (Curiosity rover) 2
Mars Science Laboratory mission 2
Curiosity landing on Mars 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mars mission ⓘ
NASA mission ⓘ
planetary science mission ⓘ
alsoKnownAs MSL ⓘ
communicationSystem UHF relay via Mars orbiters ⓘ
X-band direct-to-Earth ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
cruiseStageMass about 3500 kg ⓘ
exploresFeature Gale Crater ⓘ
surface form: Mount Sharp
fundingAgency NASA Science Mission Directorate ⓘ
landingDate 2012-08-06 ⓘ
landingRegion Aeolis Palus ⓘ
landingSite Gale Crater ⓘ
launchDate 2011-11-26 ⓘ
launchSite Cape Canaveral LC-41 ⓘ
surface form: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 41
launchVehicle Atlas V 541 ⓘ
massAtLaunch 3893 kg ⓘ
missionDurationPlanned 1 Martian year ⓘ
about 687 Earth days ⓘ
missionStatus operational ⓘ
missionType rover mission ⓘ
objective assess past habitability of Mars ⓘ
search for signs of past life-supporting environments ⓘ
study Martian climate ⓘ
study Martian geology ⓘ
operator NASA ⓘ
powerSource radioisotope thermoelectric generator ⓘ
primarySpacecraft Curiosity rover ⓘ
program Mars Exploration Program ⓘ
surface form: NASA Mars Exploration Program
projectManagement Jet Propulsion Laboratory ⓘ
roverMass about 899 kg ⓘ
roverName Curiosity ⓘ
scienceInstruments APXS ⓘ
CheMin ⓘ
ChemCam ⓘ
DAN ⓘ
MAHLI ⓘ
MARDI ⓘ
Mastcam ⓘ
RAD ⓘ
REMS ⓘ
SAM ⓘ
scientificDiscipline astrobiology ⓘ
atmospheric science ⓘ
planetary geology ⓘ
spaceAgency NASA ⓘ
Jet Propulsion Laboratory ⓘ
surface form: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
targetBody Mars ⓘ
usesEntryDescentLandingTechnique guided entry with aeroshell ⓘ
sky crane maneuver ⓘ
supersonic parachute ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

MARDI → associatedWithEvent → Mars Science Laboratory ⓘ
this entity surface form: Curiosity landing on Mars
Gale Crater → exploredBy → Mars Science Laboratory ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mars Science Laboratory mission
MMRTG → firstFlightUse → Mars Science Laboratory ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mars Science Laboratory mission
Mars Exploration Rover mission → followedBy → Mars Science Laboratory ⓘ
Mars Pathfinder → influencedMission → Mars Science Laboratory ⓘ
Curiosity rover → mission → Mars Science Laboratory ⓘ
MAHLI → mission → Mars Science Laboratory ⓘ
this entity surface form: Curiosity rover mission
SAM → mission → Mars Science Laboratory ⓘ
Cape Canaveral LC-41 → notableLaunch → Mars Science Laboratory ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mars Science Laboratory (Curiosity rover)
Deep Space Network → notableMissionSupported → Mars Science Laboratory ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mars Science Laboratory (Curiosity rover)
REMS → operatedBy → Mars Science Laboratory ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mars Science Laboratory science team
MMRTG → powers → Mars Science Laboratory ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft
Gale Crater → selectedAsLandingSiteFor → Mars Science Laboratory ⓘ
Rubin Ridge on Mars → studiedByMission → Mars Science Laboratory ⓘ
subject surface form: Rubin Ridge