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See a Rover’s Day on Mars in 10 Seconds
What were you doing on November 8, 2023? I couldn’t say for myself, but I can tell you what NASA’s Curiosity rover was doing: sitting still on its 4,002nd day on Mars, taking snapshots of the Martian surface. Now, mission team members at Jet Propulsion Laboratory have stitched together two series of frames from the…
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NASA’s Curiosity Rover Spotted a ‘Doorway’ on Mars
Though it looks like the entrance to an alien tomb, mission scientists say it’s a natural feature.
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Curiosity Rover Sees a Weird Martian Rock Formation
Not to be outdone by the young upstart Perseverance, NASA’s Curiosity rover has spent recent days imaging interesting rocks at the base of Mount Sharp on Mars, near which the rover landed in August 2012. One of those features is an arch, similar to some of the towering geology present on parts of Earth —…
