Tuesday 6 August 2013

Top 10 milestones of Curiosity's first year on Mars


Today, NASA paid tribute to its Curiosity rover, which has completed its first year exploring the planet Mars. On August 6, 2012 (August 5, PDT), the unmanned explorer landed on the Red Planet as the start of a two-year mission to seek out areas where life might have once, or could still exist. To commemorate this event, the space agency broadcast reminiscences by Curiosity team members from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California. What follows is our own look at the top 10 milestones of Curiosity’s first year. .. Continue Reading Top 10 milestones of Curiosity's first year on Mars

Section: Space

Tags: Curiosity Rover, Mars, Mars Science Laboratory, NASA, Spacecraft

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