The Curiosity Rover Got Stuck In Atacama Rock On Mars. NASA Fixed The Problem From 334 Million Kilometers Away

The Curiosity Rover Got Stuck In Atacama Rock On Mars. NASA Fixed The Problem From 334 Million Kilometers Away

After extensive wheel damage was found earlier this year, the Curiosity rover has a new problem, getting itself stuck to a rock.

Curiosity Mars Rover: Struggle at Atacama

The Atacama drill target on Mars presented a challenge to the Curiosity rover and to the rover team reports William Farrand, a senior research scientist at the Space Science Institute. Downlinked data from the Mars machinery indicating that a successful drill hole was made in the Atacama target, Farrand explains, “but the rock being drilled […]

Curiosity Blog, Sols 4879-4885: Struggle at Atacama - NASA Science

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