Curiosity Rover

NASA Mars rover exploring Gale Crater. Part of the Mars Science Laboratory mission, studying Mars' habitability.

Landing site Position basis, the same label the app shows on the selection card.

Every aspect, with its origin

One record per aspect. The origin says what kind of thing each value is; the source says where it came from; the limit says what it cannot tell you.

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Position Catalog

Landing site

Curiosity Rover is fixed at its landing coordinates on mars (latitude -4.59°, longitude 137.44°). It moves with the body's rotation and does not roam.

SourcePublished landing coordinates

LimitRover traverses are not modelled, and the catalog does not record the reference for these coordinates.

Physical data Undocumented

Bulk properties

Curiosity Rover: mass 8.990 × 10^2 kg. These values are bundled with the object record and drive the rendered size.

SourceBundled object record

LimitThe object catalog does not record where these values came from; treat them as unverified until the record is completed.

Description Undocumented

Description and facts

The short description and the fact list are written by the Space Time authors for orientation. They are not quoted from a catalog field and carry no citation of their own.

SourceSpace Time editorial text

LimitBackground reading is linked under Further reading; it is not the source of the displayed numbers.

What is not measured

Nothing on this page is a reconstruction or a schematic; every record above is observed, catalogued or computed.

Not yet documented

Physical data: The object catalog does not record where these values came from; treat them as unverified until the record is completed.
Appearance: no record. Space Time does not claim a source for this aspect.
Description: Background reading is linked under Further reading; it is not the source of the displayed numbers.

Sources cited

Published landing coordinates
Bundled object record
Space Time editorial text