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Course: NASA > Unit 3
Lesson 4: Curiosity rover: discoveries- Curiosity has landed
- Curiosity descent
- Systems check
- Curiosity's first drive
- Navigation update
- Observations
- Discovery: Streambed
- First CheMin results
- Preparation for holidays
- Calcium-rich deposits found
- Results of first drilling
- Mars' bygone atmosphere
- 'Spring Break' over: commanding resumes
- Rover ready to switch gears
- Trek to Mt. Sharp begins
- Dating younger rocks
- Curiosity completes its first martian year
- A softer trek to mount sharp
- A taste of mount sharp
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'Spring Break' over: commanding resumes
Curiosity gets new software and new capabilities for the long trek to Mt. Sharp.
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- why does it take like a week to move the curiosity rover only a couple meters(1 vote)
- Yeah, I agree. Also, Curiosity's engine is not like a race car's; it is not meant for speed. If Curiosity was fast, it would result in many accidents and crashes.(5 votes)
- Cool! So It can drive on its own in the solar thingy now?(2 votes)
- no it takes breaks during the solar conjunction(1 vote)
- So, basically, Curiosity is made for endurance, not speed?(2 votes)