How JPL Keeps the 13-Year-Old Curiosity Rover Doing Science
RoboticsCurated News 2026-06-09 3 min read

How JPL Keeps the 13-Year-Old Curiosity Rover Doing Science

Thirteen years ago last August, I was camped out in the Jet Propulsion Lab press room in Pasadena, Calif., waiting to see whether the Curiosity rover would survive its descent and skycrane-assisted la...

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