The Mars Curiosity Rover

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 Curiosity
spacecraft

Launch date: November 26, 2011 at 5:02 PM GMT+2

Cost: 2.5 billion USD (2012)
Max speed: 0.14 km/h
Manufacturers: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Boeing Co, Lockheed Martin
Power: MMRTG: ~100 W (0.13 hp)
Dimensions: 2.9 m × 2.7 m × 2.2 m (9 ft 6 in × 8 ft 10 in × 7 ft 3 in)
Communication: UHF: ~400 MHz, 2 Mbit/s; X band: 7–8 GHz, 800 bit/s
 Why is the Mars rover called Curiosity?

Name. A NASA panel selected the name

Curiosity following a nationwide student contest that
attracted more than 9,000 proposals via the Internet and
mail. A sixth-grade student from Kansas, 12-year-old
Clara Ma from Sunflower Elementary School in Lenexa,
Kansas, submitted the winning entry.
 What was the mission of the Rover Curiosity

Curiosity's prime mission is to determine if Mars

is, or was, suitable for life. While it is not
designed to find life itself, the rover carries
several instruments on board that can bring back
information about the surrounding environment.
 Is the Curiosity mission still going?

On August 6, 2022, a detailed overview of

accomplishments by the Curiosity rover for
the last ten years was reported. The rover is
still operational, and as of 23 September
2023, Curiosity has been active on Mars for
3956 sols (4065 total days; 11 years, 48
days) since its landing (see current status ).
 Is Curiosity rover a robot?

NASA's Curiosity rover landed on Mars

in 2012, in part to analyze rocks to see
whether the Red Planet was ever
habitable (or inhabited). But now the
robot has gone off script, picking out its
own targets for analysis—precisely as
planned. Directing a robot's every move
from another planet isn't easy.
To learn more use this link
The short video

The long video

The project end

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