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Mars Trek begins for Curiosity

Thursday, August 30, 2012 0:53

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Image Caption: Martian Soil caked on Curiosity’s right middle and rear wheels after Sol 22 Drive. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Mars Trek has begun for NASA’s Curiosity rover. The mega rover has departed from her touchdown vicinity at “Bradbury Landing” and set off on a multi-week eastwards traverse to her first science target which the team has dubbed “Glenelg”

Glenelg lies about a quarter mile (400 meters) away and the car-sized rover drove about 52 feet (16 meters) on Tuesday, Aug 28 or Sol 22 of the mission.

The science team selected Glenelg as the first target for detailed investigation because it sits at the intersection of three types of geologic terrain,(…)
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Post tags: Bradbury landing, Curiosity, Curiosity Rover, Gale crater, Mars, Mars Science Laboratory (MSL), Mount Sharp, MSL, NASA, Search for Life