Curiosity's Hand Camera Images Penny on Mars | Video

Thursday, September 13, 2012 - 15:40 in Astronomy & Space

Engineers mounted a 1909 penny is mounted on the rover for calibration purposes. It is one of several images the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) has taken during the check out of its robotic arm.

Read the whole article on Space.com

More from Space.com

Latest Science Newsletter

Get the latest and most popular science news articles of the week in your Inbox! It's free!

Check out our next project, Biology.Net