Curiosity Is On Mars, Now What?Joe Palca
It seems too round to be true — the Curiosity rover has found a ball-shaped object among the craggy rocks in its picture. This image was taken on Sol 746 of the rover’s mission on Mars, which so far has extended over two Earth years. No, it’s not the leftover of a Martian ba...
Mission scientists' original path involved rockier terrain, meant to increase the diversity of samples the rover had access to. Those rocks (specifically "caprock," a particularly rigid and weather-resistant kind of rock) punctured Curiosity's wheels. The rover's current path, seen here on the ...
it wasn’t expected to last long. The original mission length was just90 Martian days, but the little rover has stayed alive for more than 15 years. NASA is expected to make a big announcement concerning the fate of the rover this Wednesday at 11 am. But first, let’...
NASA will literally get a new perspective on Mars The science teams at NASA that have worked with Curiosity's data before have had no problemlearningplentyjust by a computer screen, but Holographic and HoloLens will literally offer a new perspective on how to interpret the findings. Scientists ...
Pluto also has a role to play, sextile to the moon and trine to the sun: intuition is on the menu for the full moon. Pluto represents instinct, intuition, and of course, the esoteric. Take an interest in the invisible and share this curiosity with those around you since we are in Ge...
Since landing on Mars a little more than four years ago, NASA'sCuriosity rover has discovered...Kauffman, Gretel
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Look What We Found on Mars: Curiosity Rover Serves Up Awesome ScienceAdam Mann
The Curiosity Mars Rover has been exploring the Martian surface for over two years. In this talk we review the rover's mobility and manipulation capabilities and performance, and discuss some of the problems and solutions we discovered along the way.Mark Maimone...