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Curiosity Mission Rover. Erasmus+ Projekt ” Excatly Exact ”. Curiosity mission rover. A car- sized rover Exploring Gale Crater on Mars Landed on Mars August 5th 2012. How Curiosity landed on Mars. Facts about Curiosity. moving on Mars?.
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Curiosity Mission Rover Erasmus+ Projekt ”ExcatlyExact”
Curiosity mission rover A car-sizedrover Exploring Gale Crater on Mars Landed on Mars August 5th 2012
moving on Mars? • The rover can roll over obstacles up to 75 centimeters • Travels up to 90 meters per hour • The rover is expected to travelabout 30 meters per hour
Key findings • The Yellowknife Bay area the rover is exploring was the end of an ancient river system or lake that could have provided chemical energy and other favorable conditions for microbes • "We have characterized a very ancient, but strangely new 'gray Mars' where conditions once were favorable for life,"