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April 5th, 2016
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover is now in Sol 1303 as of this posting.
A new map has been released indicating the rover’s Location for Sol 1301.
The map shows the route driven by Curiosity through the 1301 Martian day, or sol, of the rover’s mission on Mars (April, 04, 2016).
Numbering of the dots along the line indicate the sol number of each drive. North is up. From Sol 1298 to Sol 1301, Curiosity had driven a straight line distance of about 14.69 feet (4.48 meters).
Curiosity Mastcam Right image taken on Sol 1301, April 3, 2016.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
The base image from the map is from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment Camera (HiRISE) in NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
Curiosity Mastcam Left image taken on Sol 1301, April 3, 2016.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
In other newly released imagery, the Mars machinery continues to take stunning and picturesque photos from its recent post-drive location.
Curiosity Mars rover’s Navcam Left B image taken on Sol 1302, April 4, 2016.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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