Two summers ago, the Mars Curiosity rover made its landing on the red planet. Approximately thirty-five million miles from Earth, the $2.5 billion robot has had faced its ups and downs. At noon, Marc Kaufman, author of , talks with Krys Boyd on Think about the rover鈥檚 journey so far.
Kaufman, a science journalist, has spent the past two years following the progress of the mission with NASA scientists and engineers themselves. He鈥檚 written extensively on the subject for and . One recent post -- a journey that started more than a year ago -- and the challenges faced along the way.
Caltech put together the following video documenting the Curiosity鈥檚 progress so far and looking forward to the plans still yet to come.
The Curiosity is still in the middle of Mars and more rovers are expected to launch soon. But it turns out . Kaufman wrote just last year about NASA鈥檚 hope for human exploration and , a Dutch project aimed at human settlement starting in 2024. While both are still in the works, for now, you can .
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