(Photo Credit: NASA)
After 2 years and nearly 9 kilometers of driving, NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover has reached its long-term destination: Mount Sharp, a mountain at the centre of the vast Gale Crater.
(Curiosity preparing to test the rock – Photo Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech)
Evaluation of a Martian rock, scheduled to be the next drilling target for NASA’s Curiosity rover, has revealed that it was not stable enough for a safe drilling, therefore Curiosity has abandoned its fourth drilling target and will now continue travelling towards its long term science destination in the Gale Crater. Continue reading
(Curiosity rover snapped this image looking up the ramp at the northeastern end of the “Hidden Valley”. Drilling target “Bonanza King” is at the centre of the scene – Photo Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech)
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has chosen its next target: a rock that looks like a pale paving stone.
(Photo Credit: NASA/JPL/MSSS/Marco Di Lorenzo/Ken Kremer)
NASA’s Mars rover, Curiosity, has captured this amazing new panoramic image of Mount Sharp and its sand dunes.
Captured on June 6, 2014 (Mars Day: Sol 651) the photograph was cleverly assembled from Mastcam color camera raw images and stitched together to form this beautiful panorama.
Mount Sharp is located inside the Gale Crater, which Curiosity is currently exploring. She will eventually ascend the mountain later this year.
The rover’s wheel tracks are even visible to the left.
If you wish to view the image in more detail, click here.
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