Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Mo te wā tuatahi i tēnei tau, kua kitea e te Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter a NASA tōna hoa robotic i runga i te mata o te ao whero. I hopu te waka ā-ao i tētahi pikitia o Curiosity e tata ana ki te turanga o Maunga Sharp i Gale Crater. Engari he mea whakamere, kaore e kitea nga tohu o te rover - pea na te mea kua horoia e te rangi Martian. Ka taea e te kāmera HiRise te tango whakaahua o te mata me te taumira o te 10 inihi (25cm) ia pika, ka taea ai e ia te kite i te rover i runga i te mata. E kitea ana i konei i roto i te whakapakoko katoa, kua karapotia. Kua tū te rover i runga i te onepu pōuri i roto i tētahi raorao me ngā toka mārama. I tangohia te whakaahua mā te whakamahi i te kāmera High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRise) i runga i te amiorangi o Mars, mai i te teitei o 187 maero (300km) i runga ake i te mata. Ko te tere o te rover ko 1.5 inihi (3.8 henimita) ia hēkona. Ko Curiosity te wha o nga rover i toro atu ki Mars. Tata ki te whitu meneti te wā i tae ai ki te aorangi whero. E 17 ngā kāmera kei runga i te rover. He rite tonu te taumaha ki te Mini Cooper i te 900kg (2,000pounds). I whakaarohia e ngā kaipūtaiao e 60 ngā wāhi taunga ka taea i mua i te whakatau i runga i te Gale Crater. Ehara tēnei i te wā tuatahi kua kitea e ia a Curiosity, ētahi atu rover rānei, i runga i te mata - engari ko te wā tuatahi tēnei i te tau 2015. Ka taea e te kāmera HiRise te tango whakaahua o te mata me te taumira o te 10 inihi (25cm) ia pika, ka taea ai te kite i te pākiki, ko te rahi o te motuka. I tēnei pikitia, e tū ana te rover i runga i te onepu pōuri i roto i tētahi raorao me ngā toka mārama. Ko enei toka he waahanga o nga Pahrump Hills i te Whakaaturanga o Murray, he rohe toka onepu, siltstones me te calcium sulphate veins i runga i te mata. Koira ngā toka e kitea ana i raro ake o Maunga Sharp - e mōhiotia ana hoki ko Aeolis Mons - e whakamahere ana a NASA ki te tuku i te Curiosity ki runga i tētahi wā. I roto i te whakapakoko i oti tata te rover te puku o e pā ana ki 75ft (23 mita) i roto i tona 949th ra i runga i Mars - mohiotia hoki rite te sol. Ko te raki kei runga ake i te pikitia, me te tirohanga katoa e pa ana ki te...
Kua whakaatuhia e ngā kaipūtaiao o NASA i California tētahi whakaahua tawhiti o Curiosity i tangohia e te Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. I tangohia mai i te teitei o te 187 maero (300km) ki runga, e whakaatu ana i te huarahi o te rover. Ko tētahi āhuatanga whakamīharo, kāore e taea te kite i ngā tapuwae o te rover i muri i a ia i roto i te whakaahua. Tērā pea nā te āhuarangi o Mars, he rite rānei te tae ki te mata e karapoti ana i a rātou.