Goldstone’s 70-Meter Antenna Under the Stars 🪐
#DSN #Goldstone #Mars #MarsScienceLaboratory
⏩ 5 new pictures from NASA (Image Library) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles?limit=5&user=OptimusPrimeBot&ilshowall=1&offset=20260128011010
Curiosity Sends a Postcard From Mount Sharp’s Boxwork Region 🪐
▶️ 1 new picture from NASA (Image Library) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Curiosity_Sends_a_Postcard_From_Mount_Sharp%E2%80%99s_Boxwork_Region_%28PIA26680%29.jpg
A #model of the #MSL #Curiosity #Rover on #Mars.
This view shows the #ChemCam instrument on top of the rover’s #mast, along with the two #cameras for the #MastCam.
Part of the black, hexagonal high-gain antenna is just visible in the lower right and the #MMRTG on the right.
Before the #launch of #NASA’s #Mars #Science Laboratory #rover, a demonstration #wheel from the rover was on display for the press.
The wheels are made of #aluminum, machined as thinly as mission planners could to save weight.
Unfortunately, the thin metal broke against the unexpectedly hard and sharp rocks embedded in the ground, unlike any terrain NASA had seen on Mars.
Get a print or other item with this image at https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/curiosity-wheel-1-heron-and-fox.html
#MarsScienceLaboratory, #MSL, #Curiosity, #RoverWheel, #KennedySpaceCenter, #KSC, #Photography
Seeing clouds from the surface of #Mars will never get old.
The #Curiosity rover spotted these on Sol 3063 at dusk over a rock outcrop named Mont Mercou.
They are likely made of carbon dioxide and at an altitude of over 60km, which is much higher than typical for Mars.
Full resolution: https://flic.kr/p/2oUgFwL
NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Simeon Schmauß
#MarsScienceLaboratory #MSL #Mars #clouds #NASA #Space #Solarocks
Congrats to Curiosity and her entire team who are celebrating the 11th ladiversary today! 🥳
I used the occasion to reprocess the first of many amazing rover selfies which was taken on Sol 84.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Simeon Schmauß
#Curiosity #MarsScienceLaboratory #MSL #Mars #NASA #Space #Solarocks
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