Deployment
Curiosity Rover at Mars
NASA Mars Science Laboratory rover (landed 2012-08-06, operating). Drives with onboard AutoNav (think-while-driving terrain assessment and autonomous hazard avoidance); ground operators select daily targets and routes, the rover handles the traverse. Autonomous navigation, NOT autonomous mission planning.
Curiosity Rover by NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory · Operated by NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory · Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /deployments/curiosity-mars-gale-crater.md
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/robots/103f94bb-87b4-4bdc-9ecc-8d0cf7571cf8
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Key facts
- Mission
- Mars Science Laboratory
- Site
- Gale Crater
- Status
- Operating as of 2026; drives with onboard AutoNav hazard avoidance, ground-selected targets
- Trust tier
- Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified
- Last updated
- 2026-06-06
- Model
- Curiosity Rover
- Company
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Location
- Mars
- Operator
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Status
- active
- First seen
- 2012-08-06
- ID
103f94bb-87b4-4bdc-9ecc-8d0cf7571cf8
Sources (1)
Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-06-06
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-06-06
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: production
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: space
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- knowledge-base
- Knowledge base
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Curiosity Rover at Mars.Common questions
- What is the Curiosity Rover deployment at Mars?
- Curiosity Rover, built by NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, is recorded as a deployment at Mars on the DEPLOY registry. NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory operates the deployment directly.
- Who operates Curiosity Rover at Mars?
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the manufacturer of Curiosity Rover, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.
- When did the Curiosity Rover deployment at Mars go live?
- The deployment is recorded as starting August 6, 2012 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.
- Is the Curiosity Rover deployment at Mars still active?
- As of the most recent verification on the DEPLOY registry, this deployment is currently operating.
- Have there been incidents at the Curiosity Rover deployment at Mars?
- No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.
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