Three generations of Mars rovers developed at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. The setting is JPL's Mars Yard testing area.
Front and center is the flight spare for the first Mars rover, Sojourner, which landed on Mars in 1997 as part of the Mars Pathfinder Project.
On the left is a Mars Exploration Rover Project test rover that is a working sibling to Spirit and Opportunity, which landed on Mars in 2004.
On the right is a Mars Science Laboratory test rover the size of that project's Mars rover, Curiosity, which landed on Mars in 2012.
Credit: NASA/JPL
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are we gonna pretend that we don’t see a people on this picture? like, clearly NASA already have a teleport device which they used to tp on mars and take this picture.
Pokemon evolution line.
I’ve seen this image a thousand times, but only now am I appreciating that the turret on the MSL robotic arm is basically as large as and likely waaaaaay heavier than pathfinder lol
I like how the Curiosity rover used a different power source from the solar panels on the other two. No more relying on the Sun to recharge the solar panels.
I never realised they were this big
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