Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Bluesky Threads NASA orbiter reveals Curiosity rover making tracks across Mars https://www.newsweek.com/nasa-orbiter-reveals-curiosity-rover-tracks-mars-2064173
stevetursi on April 25, 2025 3:28 pm take only pictures, leave only tracks (and parachute debris but we don’t talk about that)
DocLoc429 on April 25, 2025 3:35 pm Insane that we actually have the ability to resolve tire tracks on an alien planet
Mundane-Yesterday880 on April 25, 2025 3:38 pm And we can spot if Mark Watney has moved the rover and cleaned the panels too!
NebulaTrick4830 on April 25, 2025 4:19 pm Pretty sure these are not the first tracks from this rover……perhaps years ago
WatRedditHathWrought on April 25, 2025 4:57 pm Here’s a link to the story on the NASA website: https://www.nasa.gov/missions/mars-science-laboratory/nasa-orbiter-spots-curiosity-rover-making-tracks-to-next-science-stop/
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take only pictures, leave only tracks
(and parachute debris but we don’t talk about that)
Insane that we actually have the ability to resolve tire tracks on an alien planet
And we can spot if Mark Watney has moved the rover and cleaned the panels too!
Someday this pic will be unremarkable old news. But for now, WOW.
Pretty sure these are not the first tracks from this rover……perhaps years ago
Here’s a link to the story on the NASA website:
https://www.nasa.gov/missions/mars-science-laboratory/nasa-orbiter-spots-curiosity-rover-making-tracks-to-next-science-stop/