Mars Science Laboratory instruments

spacecraft instrument

thumb|220px|''Curiosity's'' self-portrait shows the deck of the rover as viewed from the NavCams. Navcam, short for navigational camera, is a type of camera found on certain robotic rovers or spacecraft used for navigation without interfering with scientific instruments. Navcams typically take wide angle photographs that are used to plan the next moves of the vehicle or object tracking.

right|thumb|300px|Hazcam image of Botany Bay and [[Solander Point (2013)]] right|thumb|300px|Hazcam images indicated to NASA engineers that the Opportunity Rover|Opportunity rover was stuck in a sand dune.

imaging system on the Curiosity rover

science instrument on the Curiosity rover

suite of scientific instruments on the Curiosity rover

radiation detection instrument on the Curiosity rover

CheMin, short for Chemistry and Mineralogy, is an instrument located in the interior of the Curiosity rover that is exploring the surface of Gale crater on Mars. David Blake, from NASA Ames Research Center, is the Principal Investigator.