Surface Explorers in AR
Rovers, a helicopter and a lander that touched other worlds. Pick one to spin it in 3D — then, on a phone, place it in your room.
Explore Curiosity Rover in 3D
Drag to orbit · scroll to zoom
A real mission model. On a phone, place Curiosity Rover in your own room — pinch to resize.
Checking your device…Parts of Curiosity Rover
Surface Explorer·A car-sized nuclear rover exploring Gale Crater and Mount Sharp since 2012.
Real size: Car-sized — ≈3 m long, 2.2 m tall, 900 kg.·NASA/JPL-Caltech 3D model
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Tiny — just 1.8 kg, with a 1.2 m counter-rotating rotor span.
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≈7 m tall with its landing legs deployed, ≈9.4 m wide leg-to-leg.
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