NASA's Curiosity Rover Celebrates 13 Years on Mars with Highlights and Insights
TL;DR
NASA's Curiosity rover celebrates 13 years on Mars, continuing its mission to study the planet's past, including signs of ancient water and microbial life, while adapting to energy constraints with new software upgrades that improve efficiency and autonomy. It recently captured a coral-shaped rock called 'Paposo,' indicating Mars' wetter past, and remains in good health thanks to engineering innovations and strategic energy conservation.
- Curiosity rover celebrates 13 years on Mars with well-deserved naps and Red Planet 'coral' Space
- Pia26632 Curiosity Captures Mars Landscape While Talking To An Orbiter NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) (.gov)
- Photos: 13 Years on Mars The Atlantic
- Curiosity Turns 13: Why Curiosity Stopped Singing Itself Happy Birthday IFLScience
- NASA explains how it keeps the Curiosity rover running, 13 years later Engadget
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