August 23, 2012

The Mars Rover Curiosity took a picture of the tracks it left during its test drive (Photo NASA/JPL-Caltech)

Yesterday, the Mars Rover Curiosity completed its first test drive. It hasn’t moved very far and at the end it was about 6 meters (about 20 feet) away from the point where it landed on Mars. During this test it moved forward, reverse and turning combining the various movements. Yesterday, NASA also announced that it officially named the Mars Rover Curiosity’s landing site Bradbury Landing after the great writer Ray Bradbury, who passed away last June and yesterday would’ve turned 92. “The Martian Chronicles” are one of the masterpieces of this writer, to honor him in this way was the least they could do.