APOD: 2021 March 25 - Curiosity: Sol 3048

Good morning, Rallypoint. Today's tag-free Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) is titled "Curiousity: Sol 3048." A 'sol' is a Martian day, and the rover Curiousity began counting days back on April 5, 2012. This image mosaic was assembled from images captured on March 2, 2021...Sol 3048 for Curiousity (today is Sol 3069). Curiosity is about the size of a MINI Cooper car. It is equipped with 17 cameras, a robotic arm, and a number of other laboratory-like tools and instruments. The rover has spent over 8 years on the Martian surface and it is still operating properly and continues (with Perseverance) its mission to study and understand the Red Planet.

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