Mars Curiosity Rover - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

CURRENT NEWS

'Cumberland' Target Drilled by Curiosity

May 20, 2013
NASA Mars Rover Curiosity Drills Second Rock Target

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has used the drill on its robotic arm to collect a powdered sample from the interior of a rock called "Cumberland."
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'Cumberland' Selected as Curiosity's Second Drilling Target

May 9, 2013
NASA Curiosity Rover Team Selects Second Drilling Target on Mars

The team operating NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has selected a second target rock for drilling and sampling.
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PLAYLIST

Curiosity's Wake Up Songs

The MSL mission team plays a song at the start of each sol (aka Martian day). This is known as the rover wake-up song.

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Sol 1

"Lovin' Every Minute of It"
Loverboy

Sol 2

"Good Morning Good Morning"
Beatles

Sol 3

"Good Morning (from Singin' in the Rain)"
Gene Kelly/Debbie Reynolds/Donald O'Connor

Sol 4

"Walking on Sunshine"
Katrina & the Waves

Sol 5

"Ride of the Valkyries"
Richard Wagner

Sol 6

"Got the Time - Anthrax AND Echelon"
30 Seconds to Mars

Sol 7

"Break on Through to the Other Side - The Doors AND I Got My Mind Set on You"
George Harrison

Sol 8

"Star Wars (Main Theme)"
John Williams & The London Symphony Orchestra

Sol 9

"Wake Up Little Susie"
Simon & Garfunkel

Sol 10

"Come Fly With Me"
Frank Sinatra

Sol 11

"Cosmic Love"
Florence and the Machine AND Fur Elise / Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (medley)

Sol 12

"When You Wish Upon a Star"
Louis Armstrong

Sol 13

"Killer Queen"
Queen

Sol 14

"Star Trek Theme"
Alexander Courage

Sol 15

"The Twist"
Chubby Checker

Sol 16

"Rawhide Theme"
Blues Brothers

Sol 17

In honor of the first drive: "I Get Around"
The Beach Boys

Sol 18

"Call Me Maybe" Mars Science Lab Mashup
Carly Rae Jepsen and Caley Burke

Sol 19

"Fur Elise" and "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" Played by the SAM instrument (reprise)
"The Planets" by Animaniacs

Sol 20

Tribute to Neil Armstrong
"Rocket Man" by Elton John

Sol 21

"Free Ride"
Edgar Winter Group

Sol 22

"Hit the Road Jack"
Ray Charles

Sol 23

"Intergalactic"
Beastie Boys

Sol 24

"Going the Distance"(Rocky)
Bill Conti.

Sol 25

"Pumped up Kicks"
Foster the People

Sol 26

"Yea Alabama" & "Let's Go Blue"
Univ. of Alabama & Univ. of Michigan fight songs

Sol 27

"Stronger"
Kanye West

Sol 28

"Let's Dance - Robots to Mars Remix"
Lady Gaga

Sol 29

"Born to Run"
Bruce Springsteen

Sol 30

"Don't Stop Me Now"
Queen

Sol 31

"Don't Worry Be Happy"
Bobby McFerrin

Sol 32

"I Turn My Camera On"
Spoon

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MISSION UPDATES

Rover Readies for Second DrillingMay 16, 2013

Curiosity prepares for a second drilling and a tutorial on the complicated choreography to get the drill sample to her instruments.
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