• A gas chromatograph, a mass spectrometer, a tunable laser spectrometer, an X-ray diffraction, fluorescence instrument help study the rocks
  • The Mars Hand Lens Imager (for close-up pictures) and a Mast Camera (to take photos of the surroundings)
  • An instrument named ChemCam to vapourise thin layers of Martian rocks.
  • Radiation Assessment Detector to study the radiation environment at the surface of Mars
  • Rover Environmental Monitoring Station to measure atmospheric pressure, temperature, humidity, winds, plus ultraviolet radiation levels
  • Dynamic Albedo of Neutrons instrument to measure subsurface hydrogen