The Curiosity rover begins holiday trekking. In the coming months, it will cover almost 2 kilometers
Over the next few weeks, the Perseverance rover will launch toward Mars, almost the twin of the Curiosity rover currently traveling on Mars, which landed there almost eight years ago. This does not mean, however, that Curiosity is going to retire. He is preparing a busy summer. In recent days, Curiosity has embarked on a journey in which it will cover just over 1.5 km in the coming months. At the end of this traverse, the rover will be able to start exploring the next section of the hill Aeolis Mons (Mt. Sharp), which it has been studying since 2014. Located at the bottom of the Gale Crater, the Aeolis Mons peak consists of sedimentary layers formed over millions of years. Each layer describes the changes taking place on the Red Planet, which billions of years ago resembled the Earth, had lakes, streams, rivers and a dense atmosphere and with time turned into a dry, frosty rock almost completely devoid of atmosphere. The closest destination for the Curiosity rover will be a sulfate...