[meteorite-list] Curiosity Rover Completes Longest Drive Yet
From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2012 11:45:44 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <201209051845.q85Ijikv016436_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov> http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/news/whatsnew/index.cfm?FuseAction=ShowNews&NewsID=1334 Rover Completes Longest Drive Yet Jet Propulsion Laboratory September 5, 2012 Curiosity completed a drive of 100 feet (30.5 meters) during the mission's Sol 29, on Sept. 4, 2012, traveling southeastward with a dogleg move partway through the drive to skirt some sand. This was the mission's longest drive so far and brought total driving distance to 358 feet (109 meters). A Navigation Camera image with a wheel track from the Sol 29 drive is in the mission's collection of raw images, at http://1.usa.gov/OWxGIT . Curiosity continues to work in good health. Sol 29, in Mars local mean solar time at Gale Crater, ended at 2:37 a.m. Sept. 5, PDT. Received on Wed 05 Sep 2012 02:45:44 PM PDT |
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