Curiosity’s Sol 4078: Mast Camera (Mastcam)
These images were taken by MAST Camera onboard NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity on 26-Jan-2024, the 4078th martian day or sol of the curiosity rover mision on mars (2024-01-26T05:14:05Z)
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
Four thousand Martian days after setting its wheels in Gale Crater on 05-Aug.2012, NASA’s Curiosity rover remains busy conducting exciting science.
To study whether ancient Mars had the conditions to support microbial life, the rover has been gradually ascending the base of 3-mile-tall Mount Sharp, whose layers formed in different periods of Martian history and offer a record of how the planet’s climate changed over time.
Curiosity was built by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which is managed by Caltech in Pasadena, California. JPL leads the mission on behalf of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate in Washington. Malin Space Science Systems in San Diego built and operates Mastcam.
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
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