Curiosity Rover Looks Back At Tracks
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Curiosity Rover Looks Back At Tracks
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Science Source
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The Curiosity Mars rover used the Navigation Camera (Navcam) on its mast to see the track marks it made as it passed through 'Dingo Gap' (seen at upper right) inside Gale Crater. This image was taken on Sol 539 (Feb. 10, 2014). For scale, the distance between the parallel wheel tracks is about 9 feet (2.7 meters). The high-mounted cylinder seen on the rear part of the vehicle is the rover's UHF (ultrahigh frequency) antenna. The ball-on-a-stick device in the foreground is the calibration target, including a sundial, for Curiosity's Mast Camera (Mastcam). To the right of the UHF antenna are the radiator fins for Curiosity's power supply, a radioisotope thermoelectric generator.
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September 7th, 2020
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