{"id":14631,"date":"2017-07-15T15:44:07","date_gmt":"2017-07-15T19:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14631"},"modified":"2017-07-15T15:44:07","modified_gmt":"2017-07-15T19:44:07","slug":"latest-on-the-mars-rovers-curiosity-finds-signs-of-a-warm-wet-red-planet-long-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14631","title":{"rendered":"Latest on the Mars rovers + Curiosity finds signs of a warm & wet Red Planet long ago"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bob Zimmerman has posted one of his periodic updates on the explorations of the Curiosity and Opportunity rovers on Mars: \u00a0Mars rover update: July 12, 2017 | Behind The Black.<\/a><\/p>\n

In the five years since Curiosity landed in Gale Crater, it has moved only about 17 km but has done a lot of science along the way:\u00a0Mid-2017 Map of NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover Mission | NASA JPL<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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This map<\/a> shows the route driven by NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover, from the location where it landed in August 2012 to its location in July 2017, and its planned path to additional geological layers of lower Mount Sharp.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

NASA JPL recently held a public seminar to celebrate\u00a0Five Years of Curiosity on Mars<\/span><\/em> and to report on what has been learned so far, especially regarding the conditions of the young Red Planet when it appears to have had an atmosphere and large bodies of water on the surface.<\/span><\/p>\n