Curiosity (rover) to Mars in 2020. Some spare parts from the build and ground test of "Curiosity" may be used in the new vehicle. On August 5, 2017, NASA celebrated the fifth anniversary of the "Curiosity" rover mission landing, and related exploratory accomplishments, on the planet Mars. (Videos: "Curiosity" First Five Years (02:07); "Curiosity" POV: Five Years Driving (05:49); "Curiosity" Discoveries About Gale Crater (02:54)) As reported in 2018, drill samples taken in 2015 uncovered organic molecules of benzene and propane in 3 billion year old rock samples in Gale Crater. The NASA/JPL Mars Science Laboratory/"Curiosity" Project Team was awarded the 2012
Welcome to Curiosity budget was raised in three rounds of equity crowdfunding by producers Ben Pickering and Darren Ripley. Welcome to Curiosity Welcome to Curiosity is a British crime thriller starring Amrita Acharia, Jack Ashton, Richard Blackwood, Kacey Clarke, Lili Bordán, Stephen Marcus and Finn Corney. It is the second feature of British director Ben Pickering and is the world’s first film to have raised its entire production budget through equity crowdfunding. Principal photography began on 29 April 2014 and concluded on 31 October 2014. Filmed on location in Cornwall, Kent and London. Prominent locations included Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station on Cornwall’s Lizard