One of Curiosity’s six wheels sitting on the Martian surface after a perfect landing.
Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / Malin Space Science Systems
A great image taken by the Curiosity rover of one of its six wheels. Lots of detail but also iconic, showing that the largest rover ever sent to Mars so far, using a first-ever new landing technique, successfully descended to the surface. With “wheels on the ground” now, it will soon begin exploring, along with the Opportunity rover, which is still roving after eight years!
Paul Scott Anderson is a freelance space writer with a life-long passion for space exploration and astronomy. He currently writes for AmericaSpace, Universe Today and Examiner.com. His own blog The Meridiani Journal is a chronicle of planetary exploration.
