# Curiosity Rover at Mars: deployment

Canonical ID: `103f94bb-87b4-4bdc-9ecc-8d0cf7571cf8`

## 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_

- **Slug:** curiosity-mars-gale-crater
- **Status:** active
- **Model:** [Curiosity Rover](/models/curiosity-rover.md) (id: `ce7496ca-6012-4498-9a08-e6b2438751a8`)
- **Company:** [NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory](/companies/nasa-jpl.md) (id: `0c530f36-cb7c-4a57-a152-e75e7ba89352`)
- **Location:** [Mars](/locations/mars.md) (id: `c97e3c40-db5f-437c-a70e-357222f681f6`)
- **Operator:** [NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory](/companies/nasa-jpl.md) (id: `0c530f36-cb7c-4a57-a152-e75e7ba89352`)
- **First seen:** 2012-08-06T12:00:00.000Z

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (1)

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curiosity_(rover)

## 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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