The First Color Panorama from Mars by Curiosity
Explanation:
You've just
landed on Mars
and opened your eyes -- what do you see?
If you're the
Curiosity rover,
you see a strange gravelly
place with a
large mountain in the distance.
You've
landed on target near the edge of 150-km wide
Gale Crater, with
Mount Sharp on the horizon being the rise in the crater's center.
As a car-sized rover with six wheels and a laser, you prepare yourself to go on a
two-year
mission
of exploration, climbing Mt. Sharp, and
looking for signs that Mars once harbored
life.
Currently you sit motionless,
check yourself over, and receive a
detailed briefing
from Earth on things you will need to know while rolling around, trying to avoid
flipping over or getting your
wheels stuck in sand.
Your rolling
explorations
will likely start in a few days.
What will you find? What's out there?
Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings,
and Disclaimers
NASA Official: Jay Norris.
Specific
rights apply.
A service of:
LHEA at
NASA /
GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.
