Timeline of Mars Science Laboratory

Curiosity rover on Mars (5 August 2015)

The Mars Science Laboratory and its rover, Curiosity, were launched from Earth on 26 November 2011. As of September 13, 2026, Curiosity has been in Gale Crater on the planet Mars for 5014 sols (5151 total days; 14 years, 38 days) since landing on 6 August 2012. (See Current status.)