Ever wanted to know what it’s like to hike (or soar over) mountains on Mars? A new animated video released by NASA shows what it’s like to explore Mount Sharp, a Martian mountain…
Ever wanted to know what it’s like to hike (or soar over) mountains on Mars? A new animated video released by NASA shows what it’s like to explore Mount Sharp, a Martian mountain which the Curiosity rover has been climbing since 2014.
The video highlights several regions on the mountain that Curiosity scientists are studying, including what the science team calls the “clay-bearing unit,” where Curiosity has just started analyzing rock samples.
The aerial tour also shows the roving science lab’s proposed path in the years to come. Some target locations NASA plans to study include the rocky cliffs of the “sulfate-bearing unit,” where sulfate minerals may indicate the area was drying up or becoming more acidic in ancient times, and Gediz Vallis, where a river may have carved a path through the sulfate unit, NASA said in a statement.
