Curiosity finishes self-inspection, photographs Phobos
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a 3D image of the calibration target (Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Malin Space Science Systems)
Comparison images from the MAHLI camera with dust cover closed and open (Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech)
First MAHLI image sent back without dust cover (Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Malin Space Science Systems)
Lincoln penny used for image calibration (Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Malin Space Science Systems)
Image calibration target (Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Malin Space Science Systems)
View of the undercarriage (Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Malin Space Science Systems)
View of Curiosity's wheels (Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Malin Space Science Systems)
Organic sample brick (Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Malin Space Science Systems)
Basal calibration target (Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Malin Space Science Systems)
Curiosity's undercarriage (Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Malin Space Science Systems)
Details of Curiosity's robotic arm (Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech)
Details of Curiosity's "hand" (Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech)
Details of Curiosity's forward components (Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech)
Curiosity's arm in extended positions (Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech)
Curiosity's self-portrait (Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Malin Space Science Systems)
APXS (Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS)
MAHLI Camera (Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS)
ChemMin lab inlet with cover closed (Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS)
ChemMin inlet with cover open (Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS)
Upper deck of Curiosity showing debris scatter (Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech)
Transit of Phobos across the Sun taken by Curiosity (Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech)
Article Summary
NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity has limbered up its robotic arm, taken a good look at itself and has been given a clean bill of health. It’s now on the move as it starts its two-year mission of discovery on the Red Planet. On Thursday, it traveled 105 feet (32 m) as it seeks out its first rock for serious investigation. Meanwhile, the nuclear-powered explorer sent back images of Mars’s moon Phobos as it passed in front of the Sun.
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