{"id":12623,"date":"2016-05-11T15:56:42","date_gmt":"2016-05-11T19:56:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12623"},"modified":"2016-05-11T15:56:42","modified_gmt":"2016-05-11T19:56:42","slug":"video-update-on-the-curiosity-rover-on-mars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12623","title":{"rendered":"Video: Update on the Curiosity rover on Mars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The latest\u00a0update on the <a href=\"http:\/\/mars.jpl.nasa.gov\/msl\/\" target=\"_blank\">Curiosity rover<\/a> on Mars focuses on the planet&#8217;s seasons: <a href=\"http:\/\/mars.jpl.nasa.gov\/msl\/news\/whatsnew\/index.cfm?FuseAction=ShowNews&amp;NewsID=1908\" target=\"_d\">Second Cycle of Martian Seasons Completing for Curiosity Rover &#8211; Mars Science Laboratory<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>After two Martian years, NASA&#8217;s Curiosity Mars rover is more than a geologist, scientist and explorer. It\u2019s a weather reporter, too! \u00a0See the changing seasons on Mars, and find out about clouds, frost and methane on the Red Planet.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-mkA6uxBI2Y?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Here is a infographic on Mars seasons:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mars.jpl.nasa.gov\/msl\/multimedia\/images\/?ImageID=7819\" target=\"_d\">Seasonal Cycles in Curiosity&#8217;s First Two Martian Years &#8211; Mars Science Laboratory<\/a>\u00a0&#8211;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/mars-curiosity-atmosphere-labeled-pia20600-br21.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12624\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=12624\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/mars-curiosity-atmosphere-labeled-pia20600-br21.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1024,2214\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"mars-curiosity-atmosphere-labeled-pia20600-br2[1]\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/mars-curiosity-atmosphere-labeled-pia20600-br21-474x1024.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12624 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/mars-curiosity-atmosphere-labeled-pia20600-br21-474x1024.jpg\" alt=\"mars-curiosity-atmosphere-labeled-pia20600-br2[1]\" width=\"474\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/mars-curiosity-atmosphere-labeled-pia20600-br21-474x1024.jpg 474w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/mars-curiosity-atmosphere-labeled-pia20600-br21-139x300.jpg 139w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/mars-curiosity-atmosphere-labeled-pia20600-br21-768x1661.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/mars-curiosity-atmosphere-labeled-pia20600-br21.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest\u00a0update on the Curiosity rover on Mars focuses on the planet&#8217;s seasons: Second Cycle of Martian Seasons Completing for Curiosity Rover &#8211; Mars Science Laboratory. After two Martian years, NASA&#8217;s Curiosity Mars rover is more than a geologist, scientist and explorer. It\u2019s a weather reporter, too! \u00a0See the changing seasons on Mars, and find &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12623\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Video: Update on the Curiosity rover on Mars<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[78,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mars","category-space-systems"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-3hB","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10368,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=10368","url_meta":{"origin":12623,"position":0},"title":"Curiosity data allows for brine water on Mars surface at night","author":"TopSpacer","date":"April 14, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"The extremely low atmosphere on Mars (about 1% the pressure on earth) means that liquid water will quickly evaporate. 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