It ’s been a tenacious , strange , and really very enjoyable roadtrip for Curiosity , our automaton scouter to the stars ( and planets ) . But more than two long time after it landed on Mars , and commenced rolling towards Mount Sharp , it has finally make it — and it ’s pop out drill .
peculiarity drilled this pickle , just under 2 - centimeters wide , into the side of Mount Sharp . After the analytic thinking and many others like it are finish , NASA scientists saythat they ’ll have a much salutary idea of what ancient conditions ( around the sentence that the deal was forming ) on Mars were like .
To give you a sense of just how far the rover had to travel to get here , check out this mathematical function that follow its way of life from landing all the way to its new destination .
Of naturally , that time has n’t been liquidate . Along the room , Curiosity made stops at a phone number of geologically interesting midpoints , including Kimberley and Yellowknife Bay , which once host an ancient lakebed .
Images : NASA – JPL .
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