What is being measured?
NASA's approximate rover length, excluding the additional reach of the arm when extended forward. Uses the published 3 m reference rather than converting the rounded 10 ft counterpart.
Use the named object, variant and dimension. A manufactured or natural object can differ from this reference.
- Dimension
- vehicle length, without extended arm
- Reference value
- 3 m
- Evidence
- Published reference measurement
- In metres
- 3 m
- Variant
- Mars Science Laboratory rover
Put the length in perspective
One Curiosity Mars rover represents approximately 35 card lengths measured end to end. This is a length ratio; it does not calculate how the objects pack or fit.
Curiosity Mars rover · 3 m
Metre · 1 m
Foot (international) · 0.3048 m