page_title: Curiosity (rover)
section_title: Wide images
hierarchical_section_title: Curiosity (rover) / Images / Wide images
caption_attribution_description: English: 360-degree panorama of Mars near Mount Sharp taken by the Curiosity Rover's Mastcam. Image is reduced version of full 1.8 billion pixel image composed of over 1000 images taken between Nov. 24 and Dec. 1, 2019.
context_page_description: Curiosity is a car-sized rover designed to explore Gale Crater on Mars as part of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission. Curiosity was launched from Cape Canaveral on November 26th, 2011, at 15:02 UTC and landed on Aeolis Palus inside Gale on Mars on August 6th, 2012, 05:17 UTC. The Bradbury Landing site was less than 2.4 km from the center of the rover's touchdown target after a 560 million km journey. The rover's goals include an investigation of the Martian climate and geology; assessment of whether the selected field site inside Gale has ever offered environmental conditions favorable for microbial life, including investigation of the role of water; and planetary habitability studies in preparation for human exploration.
  In December 2012, Curiosity's two-year mission was extended indefinitely, and on August 5th, 2017, NASA celebrated the fifth anniversary of the Curiosity rover landing. The rover is still operational, and as of August 21, 2020, Curiosity has been on the planet Mars for 2859 sols since landing on August 6th, 2012. The NASA/JPL Mars Science Laboratory/Curiosity Project Team was awarded the 2012 Robert J.
caption: Curiosity's view of Glen Torridon near Mount Sharp, the rover's highest-resolution 360° panoramic image of over 1.8 billion pixels (at full size) from over 1000 photos taken between November 24 and December 1, 2019
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