Pasadena, California (AP) -- curiosity its first test drive around the gravel around Mars terrain on Wednesday, final trip, if the red planet's environment can support life preparation.
Six NASA the rover was also pretty near the landing for more than two weeks ago. It forward rolling about 15 feet, rotate to the right Angle, turn the short ancient soil, away from orbit.
Mission managers over the moon girl walk, $2.5 billion worth of task is without burr.
"No, it may be more important, said:" the project manager Peter Theisinger in NASA jet propulsion laboratory. "We set up a house. So unless rover roves, we really haven't finished what...... this is an important time."
The short spinning, curiosity successfully swing its wheels, testing its steering ability.
August 5 landing on Mars equator Gail craters curiosity, explore environment ever support microbial life. Landing site has been appointed as honor later "Mars the chronicle of" the author ray bligh burley, who has put 92 days BaiPuLi landing on Wednesday.
The rover's ultimate goal is to XiaPuShan, towering mountains, loom ancient crater floor. The past water has been found in the base of the sign, provides a starting point, to find life in chemical building materials block.
Curiosity to mountain journey before, an interesting place walked a curve road, 1300 feet away place, it will drill to the bedrock. Along with the test drive way, curiosity, expected its first big driver - in the journey, take as long as as a half-moon leave a few days ago, in the new position.
Curiosity will not head to install sharpe, until the end of the year.
Rover first drive driver matt Heverly said spent about 16 minutes, most of the time used to take pictures. Heverly said, wheel not sink to the ground, it seems to firm.
"We have before us, we should have smooth sailing," he said.
Move move is very after landing subtle reduce its surface with nylon cable, curiosity has already entered a slow winning streak. Due to the size of an automobile the rover is the most advanced spacecraft sent to Mars, engineers adopted their time to ensure them to be in the best shape and high-tech tools before work, a deep research on the its mission.
Curiosity to join house opportunity, since 2004 has been explored in the southern hemisphere of Mars crater. Opportunity of twins, spirit in silence that after 2010 years be trapped in a sand pit.
Earlier this week, curiosity first exercise its mechanical arm, bending joints and electrical engineers before storage, it once again. Weeks additional test plan, to drill, the spade Martian soil.
Nuclear power the rover was to have been tracking dangerous radiation level in the effort, to guide the future astronauts on the surface of Mars. It also USES its weather station, take every hour air and ground temperature, pressure and wind status of reading.
Last weekend, it emission of laser in research it is made up of a small rock. As expected, narrow rock is a typical, other Mars rocks, made of basalt.
During the inspection, the scientists found that the wind sensor damage, could be hit after landing in the house instrument landing deck in the process of rock. Deputy project scientist Ashwin Vasavada said, sensor bad not endanger task, because have a spare.
Since the nail life and death log in, flow stand in line has been approved by the United States President barack Obama. The governor jerry brown announced Wednesday for "space day", visited the laboratory, and put on 3 D glasses watch animation curiosity first drive, central control room on a big screen.




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