{"id":8166,"date":"2014-06-23T18:12:10","date_gmt":"2014-06-23T22:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8166"},"modified":"2014-06-23T18:12:10","modified_gmt":"2014-06-23T22:12:10","slug":"curiositys-first-martian-year-went-by-fast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8166","title":{"rendered":"Curiosity&#8217;s first Martian year went by fast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A brief review of what the <a href=\"http:\/\/mars.jpl.nasa.gov\/msl\/\" target=\"_blank\">Curiosity rover<\/a> has accomplished during its first full\u00a0Martian year (<span style=\"color: #222222;\">687 earth days or 1.88 earth years)\u00a0on the Red Planet:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mars.jpl.nasa.gov\/msl\/news\/whatsnew\/index.cfm?FuseAction=ShowNews&amp;NewsID=1653\" target=\"_d\">NASA&#8217;s Mars Curiosity Rover Marks First Martian Year with Mission Successes &#8211; Mars Science Laboratory<\/a><\/span><\/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\/SSf1HenQhWs?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<p>Here&#8217;s a map showing how far Curiosity has roved and where it is going:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mars.jpl.nasa.gov\/msl\/multimedia\/images\/?ImageID=6353\" target=\"_d\">Curiosity&#8217;s Progress on Route to Mount Sharp<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mars.jpl.nasa.gov\/msl\/multimedia\/images\/?ImageID=6353\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8167\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=8167\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PIA18391_Sol663map-small-br21.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1024,791\" 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;}\" data-image-title=\"PIA18391_Sol663map-small-br2[1]\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PIA18391_Sol663map-small-br21.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8167\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PIA18391_Sol663map-small-br21.jpg\" alt=\"PIA18391_Sol663map-small-br2[1]\" width=\"500\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PIA18391_Sol663map-small-br21.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PIA18391_Sol663map-small-br21-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A brief review of what the Curiosity rover has accomplished during its first full\u00a0Martian year (687 earth days or 1.88 earth years)\u00a0on the Red Planet:\u00a0NASA&#8217;s Mars Curiosity Rover Marks First Martian Year with Mission Successes &#8211; Mars Science Laboratory Here&#8217;s a map showing how far Curiosity has roved and where it is going:\u00a0Curiosity&#8217;s Progress on &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8166\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Curiosity&#8217;s first Martian year went by fast<\/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_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":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[78,13,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mars","category-space-science","category-space-systems"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-27I","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12623,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12623","url_meta":{"origin":8166,"position":0},"title":"Video: Update on the Curiosity rover on Mars","author":"TopSpacer","date":"May 11, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The latest\u00a0update on the Curiosity rover on Mars focuses on the planet's seasons: Second Cycle of Martian Seasons Completing for Curiosity Rover - Mars Science Laboratory. 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