NASA shares rover panoramas showing contrasting Mars landscapes
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Updated · USA TODAY · Apr 30
NASA shares rover panoramas showing contrasting Mars landscapes
10 articles · Updated · USA TODAY · Apr 30
Released on 27 April, the mosaics combine 1,031 Curiosity images from Gale Crater and 980 Perseverance images from Jezero Crater, sites about 2,300 miles apart.
Curiosity's 360-degree view highlights boxwork ridges on Mount Sharp, while Perseverance's panorama shows the Jezero rim and ancient rocks near a site nicknamed Lac de Charmes.
The rovers are probing whether Mars was once habitable; Perseverance has reported a possible biosignature in rock, and Curiosity has found new organic compounds as NASA eyes future human exploration.
With the Mars sample return mission canceled, what is the new plan for Perseverance's rock collection?
Curiosity's new experiment found complex organics. How will this change the search for life on other planets?
NASA found DNA-like molecules on Mars. Is this the closest we've come to proving ancient life?