Um, You Can See a Car on Mars

By Nancy Atkinson - April 16, 2014 at 3:04 PM UTC | Planetary Science

First of all, I completely stole this headline from NASA engineer

Bobak Ferdowski

(AKA The Mohawk Guy) on Twitter. Second, this is just a great image of the Curiosity rover sitting on Mars, including views of its tracks and where it did a wheelie or two. Plus, where the rover now sits is a very intriguing region called "The Kimberly." Curiosity will soon whip out its drill to see if it can find hints of organic material, which could be a biomarker -- the holy grail of Mars exploration.

Find out why this is such an intriguing region in this video:

Um, you can see a car on Mars. MT" @HiRISE: Curiosity Ready to Drill http://t.co/jpCf2q0mHB pic.twitter.com/WQSsmMzc99 " — Bobak Ferdowsi (@tweetsoutloud)

Source:

HiRISE

Nancy Atkinson

Nancy Atkinson is a space journalist and author with a passion for telling the stories of people involved in space exploration and astronomy. She is currently retired from daily writing, but worked at Universe Today for 20 years as a writer and editor. She also contributed articles to The Planetary Society, Ad Astra (National Space Society), New Scientist and many other online outlets.

Her 2019 book, "Eight Years to the Moon: The History of the Apollo Missions,” shares the untold stories of engineers and scientists who worked behind the scenes to make the Apollo program so successful, despite the daunting odds against it. Her first book “Incredible Stories From Space: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Missions Changing Our View of the Cosmos” (2016) tells the stories of 37 scientists and engineers that work on several current NASA robotic missions to explore the solar system and beyond.

Nancy is also a NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador, and through this program, she has the opportunity to share her passion of space and astronomy with children and adults through presentations and programs. Nancy's personal website is nancyatkinson.com