page_title: Timeline of Mars Science Laboratory
section_title: Arrival at Mount Sharp
hierarchical_section_title: Timeline of Mars Science Laboratory / 2014 events / Arrival at Mount Sharp
caption_attribution_description: English: 09.11.2014 Geologic Cross-Section - Slopes of Aeolis Mons in Gale Crater on the planet Mars. http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/images/?ImageID=6579 This graphic shows the geologic cross-section through lower Mount Sharp on Mars, corresponding to the segment A to A' shown in PIA18781. This cross-section provides an interpretation of the geologic relationship between the "Murray Formation," the crater floor sediments, and the hematite ridge. The cross-sectional view also highlights the impressive thickness of the Murray Formation - around 650 feet (200 meters). NASA's Curiosity rover will be exploring this formation. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, manages the Mars Science Laboratory Project for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington. JPL designed and built the project's Curiosity rover.
context_page_description: The Mars Science Laboratory and its rover, Curiosity, were launched from Earth on November 26, 2011. As of August 29, 2020, Curiosity has been on the planet Mars for 2867 sols since landing on August 5, 2012.
context_section_description: On September 11, 2014 (Sol 746), Curiosity reached the slopes of Aeolis Mons (or Mount Sharp), the rover mission's long-term prime destination and where the rover is expected to learn more about the history of Mars. Curiosity had traveled an estimated linear distance of 6.9 km (4.3 mi) to the mountain slopes since leaving its "start" point in Yellowknife Bay on July 4, 2013.
caption: Geology map - from the crater floor in Aeolis Palus up the Slopes of Mount Sharp
  (September 11, 2014).
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