Curiosity

Curiosity — Mars rover, explore its interactive 3D model in Cosmoscope.

See where the Curiosity rover landed on a rotating 3D Mars. Explore its published landing coordinates and mission facts.

NASA’s car-sized rover showed that Gale crater once held a lake that could have supported microbial life, and has spent over a decade climbing the layered rocks of Mount Sharp. The marker shows its landing site; the rover has since driven many kilometres.

Landed

6 Aug 2012 · Gale crater

Marker

Bradbury Landing · 4.59°S, 137.44°E

Mass

899 kg

Power

Nuclear (plutonium-238 generator)

Status

Active — climbing Mount Sharp

Explore Curiosity in 3D

Curiosity is marked at its published landing coordinates, fixed to the surface of Mars as the planet turns and orbits the Sun. The rover has since driven away from this point, so the marker shows where its mission began rather than a live position.