Curiosity

Summary

Curiosity is a Mars rover^[1]. Curiosity draws 1,864 Wikipedia views per month (mars_rover category, ranking #1 of 8).^[2]

Key Facts

• Curiosity's video is recorded as Curiosity's Seven Minutes of Terror.ogv^[3].
• Curiosity's video is recorded as Mars Science Laboratory Landing Site Gale Crater.ogv^[4].
• Curiosity's image is recorded as Curiosity rover self portrait at John Klein site (PIA16764, cropped).jpg^[5].
• Curiosity's instance of is recorded as Mars rover^[6].
• Curiosity's operator is recorded as National Aeronautics and Space Administration^[7].
• Curiosity's follows is recorded as Spirit^[8].
• Curiosity's follows is recorded as Opportunity^[9].
• Curiosity's followed by is recorded as Perseverance^[10].
• Curiosity's manufacturer is recorded as Jet Propulsion Laboratory^[11].
• Curiosity's location is recorded as Gale^[12].
• Curiosity's part of is recorded as Mars Science Laboratory^[13].
• Curiosity's has use is recorded as exploration of Mars^[14].
• Curiosity's Commons category is recorded as Curiosity rover^[15].
• Curiosity's space launch vehicle is recorded as Atlas V 541^[16].
• Curiosity's located on astronomical body is recorded as Mars^[17].
• Curiosity's country of origin is recorded as United States^[18].
• Curiosity's powered by is recorded as multi-mission radioisotope thermoelectric generator^[19].
• Curiosity's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +2011-11-26T00:00:00Z^[20].
• Curiosity's UTC date of spacecraft landing is recorded as +2012-08-06T00:00:00Z^[21].
• Curiosity's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -4.5895, 'lon': 137.4417}^[22].
• Curiosity's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -4.589474939414382, 'lon': 137.44163095951083}^[23].
• Curiosity's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -4.58913004380054, 'lon': 137.44937717914584}^[24].
• Curiosity's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -4.607246195342513, 'lon': 137.4259185791016}^[25].
• Curiosity's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -4.6266010393249, 'lon': 137.40721955895424}^[26].
• Curiosity's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -4.636921891638943, 'lon': 137.40280330181125}^[27].

Why It Matters

Curiosity draws 1,864 Wikipedia views per month (mars_rover category, ranking #1 of 8).^[2] Curiosity has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] Curiosity is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]