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August 20th, 2025
Image credit: Mars Guy/NASA/JPL-Caltech/Inside Outer Space screengrab
Mars Guy notes that August 6 of this year marked the 13th anniversary of the NASA Curiosity rover landing on Mars.
“It was designed to last at least one Mars year, about 687 Earth days,” Mars Guy explains, “so it’s obviously outperformed all expectations, despite its questionable wheel design.”
Go to video at:
https://youtu.be/MLE785oPsUw?si=LgtQXUJuB94ovj1C
Meanwhile, a recent image of the wheel damage. Curiosity image taken by Left Navigation Camera on Sol 4634, August 19, 2025.
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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