NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover Still Going 10 Years After Landing – What It's Learned - SciTechDaily

Despite signs of wear, the intrepid spacecraft is about to start an exhilarating new chapter of its mission as it climbs a Martian mountain. Ten years ago, on August 5, 2012, a jetpack lowered NASA’s Curiosity rover onto the Red Planet. This was the beginning…

ByJet Propulsion LaboratoryAugust 7, 2022 Curiosity set out to answer the question: Did Mars ever have the right environmental conditions to support small life forms called microbes? Early in its mi… [+8292 chars]

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