Missions / NASA rover
Curiosity
Climbing the layered slopes of Mount Sharp to read how Mars changed from a wetter world to the dry planet it is today.
ActiveSource: NASA mission page
Status checked Nov 12, 2026
- Current sol
- 5,073Source: Mars24 algorithm (NASA GISS), computed on this site
Sol 0 = landing day, Aug 6, 2012 - Local time at Gale Crater
- 10:15:30 Source: Mars24 algorithm (NASA GISS), computed on this site
Local mean solar time - Days at Mars
- 5,212 Source: NASA mission page
Counted from Aug 6, 2012 - Launched
- Nov 26, 2011Source: NASA mission page
- Landed
- Aug 6, 2012Source: NASA mission page
- Location
- Gale Crater, Mount Sharp
- Agency
- NASA
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Recent news
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