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One year after launch, Curiosity rover busy on Mars

By Thomas Posted 27 Nov 2012 — 0 Comment ↓
This panorama is a mosaic of images taken by the Mast Camera (Mastcam) on the NASA Mars rover Curiosity while the rover was working at a site called "Rocknest" in October and November 2012 (NASA)

The NASA Mars rover Curiosity began its flight to Mars on Nov. 26, 2011, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., tucked inside the Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft. One year after launch and 16 weeks since its dramatic landing on Continue reading →

Posted in Planets and moons, Rovers | Tagged curiosity, jpl, mars, nasa, panorama | Leave a reply

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