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Planning begins for Landing spots
Beggining of 2006 they were contemplating on 30 different locations to find martian life. -
Narrowed down to 4 landing spots
2008 NASA came to the conclusion that there were four exceptional places on Mars are the safest possible place that would also have an abundance of minerals that are somewhat moiste enough to be able to withstand such an impact from the landing of Curiosity. -
Options on names for rover to mars
The general public nominated nine names, (Adventure, Amelia, Journey, Perception, Pursuit, Sunrise, Vision, Wonder, and Curiosity. -
Name Curiosity decided
Winning name announced to be Curiosity -
Final decicion made on Landing spot
2011 NASA concluded that Gale Crater was the best spot and had the best opportunity to discover extra terrestrial martian life. -
Pre-Test
Curiosity has its first test in one of NASA's experimental space chambers in California which has the closest resembelece to the atmosphere of Mars. -
Curiosity launch
Curiosity was launched from Cape Canaveral at 10:02 EST in Florida -
Curiosity Landing
Curiosity landed on Aeolis Palus in Gale crater on Mars August 6th 2012 5:17 UTC. -
Laser test
First test of the rover laser on a rock on Mars, also first tests of the flexing of arms and different wheel movements. -
Curiosity plays the first recorded voice from Mars
Curiosity played the first recorded segment of voice from Mars. It was the voice of NASA administrator, Charles Bolden. -
The first telephoto of Mars from Curiosity is sent to Earth
Curiosity sent the first telephoto back to Earth from the mission. The photo is of the base of Mount Sharp. -
Curiosity Plays First Song Beamed from another planet
Curiosity beamed back Will.I.Am's song "Reach For The Stars" on Monday, August 28, 2012, being the first song ever beamed from another planet. -
Smells arrive back from Curiosity rover
Curiosity retreives send back the smells from Mars to earth for scientists to test and ovserve -
Curiosity leaves first Morse code tracks
Curiosity leaves first legitimate tracks on planet Mars that are embeded with Morse code on the tires to where it leaves an encripted message on the dusty planet floor -
Picture day
Curiosity takes a break from driving and exploring mars to dedicate its time for a picture day and collecting environmental data.
