CAPE CANAVERAL,Fla. — NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity has now marked 2000 days on the red planet. That’s 2000 days by Martian standards. A Martian sol, or solar day, and is equivalent to 24 hours,39 minutes and 35 seconds. So 2000 days on Mars equal 2055 days here on soil. Either way, it’s a big milestone this week for scientists interested for Curiosity to inaugurate drilling again, or this time into potentially clay-rich rocks on the slopes of Mount Sharp. The six-wheeled rover […]
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