Radiation assessment detector
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The Radiation Assessment Detector (RAD) is an instrument mounted on the Mars Science Laboratory's Curiosity rover. It was the first of ten instruments to be turned on during the mission.
RAD in Curiosity
Radiation Assessment Detector on the Curiosity rover (Mars Science Laboratory)
Radiation levels during trip from Earth to Mars (2011-2012)
Radiation levels on the surface of Mars (2012-2013)
Mars Science Laboratory
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Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) is a robotic space probe mission to Mars launched by NASA on November 26, 2011, which successfully landed Curiosity, a Mars rover, in Gale Crater on August 6, 2012. The overall objectives include investigating Mars' habitability, studying its climate and geology, and collecting data for a human mission to Mars. The rover carries a variety of scientific instruments designed by an international team.
Hubble view of Mars: Gale crater can be seen. Slightly left and south of center, it is a small dark spot with dust trailing southward from it.
MSL self-portrait from Gale Crater sol 85 (October 31, 2012).
Mars Science Laboratory in final assembly
Goldstone antenna can receive signals