ക്യൂരിയോസിറ്റിക്ക് പ്രായം 1 - Curiosity aged one

The car-sized Curiosity has driven more than one mile over Martian terrain, beamed back more than 190 gigabits of data, including 70,000 images (36,700 full; 35,000 thumbnails), and its laser has fired more than 75,000 times at 2,000 targets

The Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, on Nov. 26, 2011. Mars rover Curiosity landed successfully on the floor of Gale Crater on Aug. 6, 2012 Universal Time (evening of Aug. 5, Pacific Time), at 4.6 degrees south latitude, 137.4 degrees east longitude and minus 4,501 meters (2.8 miles) elevation. 

In July 2013, Curiosity finished investigations in the Glenelg area and began a southwestward trek expected to last many months toward an entry point to the lower layers of Mount Sharp. There, at the main destination for the mission, researchers anticipate finding further evidence about habitable past environments and about how the ancient Martian environment evolved to become much drier.

for more details see the pdf file http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/fact_sheets/mars-science-laboratory.pdf

First Use of Mars Rover Curiosity's Dust Removal Tool

This image from the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) on NASA's Mars rover Curiosity shows the patch of rock cleaned by the first use of the rover's Dust Removal Tool (DRT). 

The tool is a motorized, wire-bristle brush on the turret at the end of the rover's arm. Its first use was on the 150th Martian day, or sol, of the mission (Jan. 6, 2013). MAHLI took this image from a distance of about 10 inches (25 centimeters) after the brushing was completed on this rock target called "Ekwir_1." The patch of the rock from which dust has been brushed away is about 1.85 inches by 2.44 inches (47 millimeters by 62 millimeters). The scale bar at bottom right is 1 centimeter (0.39 inch). 

A view of Curiosity's turret at http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA15699 shows the DRT on the right side of the image and the MAHLI at the center. 

Honeybee Robotics, New York, N.Y., built the DRT for Curiosity. Malin Space Science Systems, San Diego, built the MAHLI. 

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

Close-up of Brushed Area on Martian Rock Target 'Ekwir_1'

This image from the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) on NASA's Mars rover Curiosity shows details of rock texture and color in an area where the rover's Dust Removal Tool (DRT) brushed away dust that was on the rock. This rock target, "Ekwir_1" was brushed and this image was recorded on the same Martian day, or sol, Sol 150 of Curiosity's mission on Mars (Jan. 6, 2013.)

The image, one of the highest resolution images returned so far by MAHLI, was taken from a distance of about 0.4 inch (1 centimeter) from the rock's surface. Fractures, white veins, pits and tiny dark grains in the rock are visible, as well as remaining clumps and specks of dust. The scale bar at lower left is 2 millimeters (0.08 inches).

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CURIOSITY - THE MARS ROVER

CURIOSITY

Curiosity is a car-sized, six-wheeled robot destined for Gale Crater on Mars.

Its mission: to see if Mars ever could have supported small life forms called microbes...and if humans could survive there someday!

In addition to super-human senses that help us understand Mars as a habitat for life, Curiosity's parts are similar to what a human would need to explore Mars (body, brains, eyes, arm, legs, etc.). Check it out though--sometimes they are located in odd places!

• Length: 10 feet (3 meters)
• Width: 9 feet (2.7 meters)
• Height: 7 feet (2.2 meters)
• Mass: 1,982 pounds (899 kilograms)

Hand

Curiosity has a "hand" at the end of its arm called a turret. The turret carries a drill, a brush to remove dust, a soil scoop, a camera for close-up views, and two science tools to understand if Mars ever had habitable conditions for microbial life. One science tool can detect rocks and minerals altered by water and another is designed to detect carbon-based compounds known as organics, the chemical building blocks of life.

Tech Specs

Names of Tools on the Turret:

• MAHLI
• APXS
• Sample Processing & Handling (SA/PaH) subsystem
• Powder Acquisition Drill System (PADS)
• Dust Removal Tool (DRT)
• Collection and Handling for in-situ Martian Rock Analysis (CHIMRA)

Body

Curiosity's "body" is an insulated container that protects "vital organs" inside the rover such as its computer "brains." Its body is high off the ground, so the rover won't get stuck on any rocks. The power system, which looks like its "tail," flows excess heat into the body to keep the computer "brains," avionics, instrument electronics, and interior instruments (SAM and CheMin) warm in the extremely cold Martian temperatures. By analogy, the rover's body also contains a "digestive system." A tool on the rover's "hand" (a drill system) "chews" the rock samples by grinding them into a powder, then pours the samples through funnels on its "back" into its "body." Once "digested" inside, the rover can tell what it just "ate" with science tools in the "body" that identify what the samples are made of. The rover hopes to find two things: 1) minerals altered in water, which is necessary to life as we know it, and 2) signs of organics, the chemical building blocks of life. That will help explain if Mars could have been a habitat in the past for small life forms called microbes.

Tech Specs

• Main Function: Protect the Computer, Electronic, and Instrument Systems
• Components: bottom and sides are the frame of the chassis; top is the rover equipment deck (its "back")

Body

Curiosity's "body" is an insulated container that protects "vital organs" inside the rover such as its computer "brains." Its body is high off the ground, so the rover won't get stuck on any rocks. The power system, which looks like its "tail," flows excess heat into the body to keep the computer "brains," avionics, instrument electronics, and interior instruments (SAM and CheMin) warm in the extremely cold Martian temperatures. By analogy, the rover's body also contains a "digestive system." A tool on the rover's "hand" (a drill system) "chews" the rock samples by grinding them into a powder, then pours the samples through funnels on its "back" into its "body." Once "digested" inside, the rover can tell what it just "ate" with science tools in the "body" that identify what the samples are made of. The rover hopes to find two things: 1) minerals altered in water, which is necessary to life as we know it, and 2) signs of organics, the chemical building blocks of life. That will help explain if Mars could have been a habitat in the past for small life forms called microbes.

Tech Specs

• Main Function: Protect the Computer, Electronic, and Instrument Systems
• Components: bottom and sides are the frame of the chassis; top is the rover equipment deck (its "back")

Tail

The backside of the rover is less crowded with instruments than other parts of the rover. The power source is the main feature, giving electrical power to allow the rover to perform all of its functions. Since the rover may at times move in reverse, hazard avoidance cameras showing the ground view are important (and help with driving at all times).

Tech Specs

• Main Function: Provide power to the rover
• Location: At side of the rover
• Size: 25 inches (64 centimeters) in diameter by 26 inches (66 centimeters) long
• Weight: about 99 pounds (45 kilograms)

details taken from......

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