{"id":58003,"date":"2023-11-09T15:03:20","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T15:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/nasas-curiosity-rover-hits-milestone-after-driving-4000-days-on-mars"},"modified":"2023-11-09T15:14:09","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T15:14:09","slug":"nasas-curiosity-rover-hits-milestone-after-driving-4000-days-on-mars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/nasas-curiosity-rover-hits-milestone-after-driving-4000-days-on-mars","title":{"rendered":"NASA\u2019s Curiosity Rover Hits Milestone After Driving 4,000 Days on Mars"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>According to NASA, the car-size rover is about the height of a basketball player and uses its 7 foot-long arm, a kit of 10 science instruments, 17 cameras, and a laser to collect its rock samples.<\/p>\n

After 11 years roaming the dry, desolate planet of Mars, NASA\u2019s Curiosity rover has reached the milestone of 4,000 Martian days since it first landed on the planet in August of 2012. The rover also recently collected its 39th sample of the planet’s surface.<\/p>\n

According to NASA, Curiosity is studying whether or not Mars has ever had the capabilities to support microbial life. To do so, the rover is making its way up the base of the 3-mile-tall Mount Sharp, where the layers of the planet can tell scientists how its climate has changed over time.Scientists are hoping the latest sample collected by Curiosity will reveal more about the climate and habitability of Mars. The region which the sample was collected from – named \u201cSequoia\u201d – changed over time as the area became more rich in sulfates, which are minerals likely formed from evaporated salt water. The sample may help scientists discover how the planet\u2019s climate changed as it dried up.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe types of sulfate and carbonate minerals that Curiosity\u2019s instruments have identified in the last year help us understand what Mars was like so long ago. We\u2019ve been anticipating these results for decades, and now Sequoia will tell us even more,\u201d said Ashwin Vasavada, Curiosity\u2019s project scientist at NASA\u2019s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, which leads the mission.<\/p>\n

NASA has indicated that Curiosity \u201cremains strong\u201d even after having to drive 20 miles (32 kilometers) through the cold, dust and radiation of the red planet. Curiosity\u2019s energy source – nuclear power – has been monitored by engineers, and is reported to be at a capacity in which the rover can perform for many more years.<\/p>\n

One of the rover\u2019s \u201ceyes,” a 34-millimeter focal length camera on its left side, will have to be repaired by engineers before Curiosity is back in pristine condition.<\/p>\n

For now, the team that manages Curiosity is planning to take a break for several weeks in November, as Mars is about to disappear behind the sun during a phenomenon known as \u201csolar conjunction.\u201d The plasma, according to NASA, can \u201cinteract with radio waves, potentially interfering with commands.\u201d<\/p>\n

As such, engineers are leaving the rover with a \u201cto-do list\u201d for their break this month. Hopefully, the rover will complete its homework by the time the scientists get back to work.<\/p>\n

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