Curiosity adalah wahana penjelajah Mars seukuran mobil yang menjelajahi kawah Gale dan Gunung Sharp di Mars sebagai bagian dari misi Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) NASA. Curiosity diluncurkan dari Cape Canaveral (CCAFS) pada tanggal 26 November 2011 pukul 15:02:00 UTC dan mendarat di Aeolis Palus di dalam kawah Gale di Mars pada tanggal 6 Agustus 2012 pukul 05:17:57 UTC. Lokasi Pendaratan Bradbury berjarak kurang dari 2,4 km (1,5 mil) dari pusat target pendaratan rover setelah menempuh perjalanan sejauh 560 juta km (350 juta mil).
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Wikimedia Commons memiliki media mengenai Curiosity rover.
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- 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 2014-11-09 di Wayback Machine.
- MSL - Curiosity Rover - Virtual Tour - NASA/JPL 2013-12-15 di Wayback Machine.
- 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