Marking 13 Years on Mars, NASA’s Curiosity Picks Up New Skills - NASA
New capabilities allow the rover to do science with less energy from its batteries. Thirteen years since Curiosity landed on Mars, engineers are finding ways to make the NASA rover even more produc...
- curiosity (rover)
- mars
- mars science laboratory (msl)
- radioisotope power systems (rps)
- jet propulsion laboratory
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New capabilities allow the rover to do science with less energy from its batteries. Thirteen years since Curiosity landed on Mars, engineers are finding ways to make the NASA rover even more productive. The six-wheeled robot has been given more autonomy and the ability to multitask — improvements designed to make the most of Curiosity’s […]