Curiosity on the road again, after the drilling operation. The new panorama of mountains Sharpe

Mars rover Curiosity fairly long standing still, doing drill work and analysis of rocks at the drilling site. But now all the work is finished, and the rover moves back to his goal - the mountain Sharpe.

By the way, to the mountains there are only 4 kilometers, most likely, the rover will get to the place this year. Well, as long Curiosity makes photos Sharpe mountains from afar, and the support team is a panorama of these photos. One such panorama is already available, the photo posted below.



But fairly detailed map of the movement of the rover, from the moment of landing, to the present time. Who is doing the rover path from 30 to 100 meters per day. To Mount Sharp rover does not move in a straight line (in this case, the path would be smaller, amounting to about 3, 5 kilometers), and on a slightly different path, taking into account the obstacles encountered on the way.

Common path of the rover after landing is more than 7 km. This is not a record, but the result is impressive in any case.



Via universetoday

Source: habrahabr.ru/post/225819/