Curiosity Rover on Mars Nears Rocks at Base of Giant Mountain (Photos)
Tuesday, August 5, 2014 - 00:30
in Earth & Climate
Curiosity, which landed inside Mars' huge Gale Crater on Aug. 5, 2012, is just 1,650 feet from an outcrop that’s part of Mount Sharp, the 3.4-mile-high mountain that’s drawing Curiosity like a big, dusty beacon in the Red Planet sky.