Rover Landing Timeline | Timetoast Timelines

Apr 1, 2004

NASA Proposes Mars Science Laboratory

http://www.aerospaceguide.net/mars/science_laboratory.html
Dec 14, 2004

Proposed 8 times

http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/482645main_MSL%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf
Nov 1, 2008

Most hardware development complete.

http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2009/pdf/2364.pdf
Nov 1, 2008

4 Landing sites chosen

http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/namerover/?CFID=1772436&CFTOKEN=96037829
Dec 1, 2008

Liftoff delayed to November '11

http://marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/newsroom/pressreleases/20081204a.html
Mar 23, 2009

NASA website makes poll to decide title of rover

http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/namerover/?CFID=1772436&CFTOKEN=96037829
Sep 1, 2009

Launching to Mars was considered

http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/482645main_MSL%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf
Nov 26, 2011

Rover Launch

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/index.html
Aug 6, 2012

Rover lands on Mars

http://www.space.com/16932-mars-rover-curiosity-landing-success.html
Aug 15, 2012

Rover computer upgraded

http://www.nbcnews.com/id/48668419/ns/technology_and_science-space/
Aug 19, 2012

Laser-Chemical Test

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2012-248
Aug 29, 2012

First Rover Drive

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2012-269
Sep 27, 2012

Discovered that Mars has water

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2012/sep/HQ_12-338_Mars_Water_Stream.html
Oct 7, 2012

Bright object discovered

http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/images/?ImageID=4806
Apr 5, 2013

I finished this awesome timeline!
Apr 18, 2013

Timeline turned in and printed
Oct 17, 2013

Analyzed soil

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2012/oct/HQ_12-383_Curiosity_CheMin.html
Jul 6, 2014

Estimated end date for mission