It might feel like it was only yesterday that the Curiosity rover touched down on Mars, but in August, the rover celebrated its fifth birthday! For a kindergartener, it’s made some really impressive discoveries.
Host: Reid Reimers
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Sources:
https://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/mission/science/results/
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/340/6136/1068.full
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/343/6169/1242777/tab-pdf
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/sci/343/6169/386.full.pdf
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/341/6143/263
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/341/6143/260/tab-pdf
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Images:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_landing#/media/File:HiRISE_image_of_MSL_during_EDL_(refined).png
https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/curiosity-radiation-assessment-device-rad
https://www.nasa.gov/jpl/msl/pia19074
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mudstone#/media/File:East_Beach_1_2006.JPG
https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/jpl/pia20174/marias-pass-contact-zone-of-two-martian-rock-units
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methane#/media/File:Methane-CRC-MW-3D-balls.png
https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_1500.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Hills_84001
https://mars.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/?ImageID=6453
https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/jpl/pia20844/curiosity-self-portrait-at-murray-buttes
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