The cosmos is full of wonder and mystery

Since, in the long run, every planetary society will be endangered by impacts from space, every surviving civilization is obliged to become spacefaring — not because of exploratory or romantic zeal, but for the most practical reason imaginable: staying alive.
~ Carl Sagan (Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space, 1994)

NASA’s Mars Curiosity Rover Martian Solar Day 1081: Another successful drive

The images for panorama obtained by the rover’s 34-millimeter Mast Camera. The mosaic, which stretches about 30,000 pixels width, includes 138 images taken on Sol 1081 (August 21, 2015).

We had another successful drive on 1079, going about 29 meters this time. The plan for sols 1080-1081 is pretty similar to the previous plan: remote sensing and a drive on the first day, and untargeted science on the second… Read more

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