Curiosity is on Mars since 2012 and is still functional so that the mission should not have more than a few months. It is that researchers from Toulouse CNES drive the rover, including two important instruments.
For 3 years, CNES trip to Mars alongside Curiosity
In taking their posts, Toulouse researchers traveling to Mars to accompany the rover in his adventures. They do not occur every day, as their mission takes place every two weeks and this rate is the same for three years. Those years were atypical and SAM instruments and ChemCam, they had the opportunity to make some major discoveries. So, they got hold of the old river bed, but they were also able to glean data confirming past habitability of Mars.
Curiosity made 25 tests in collaboration with Toulouse
Several operating rooms are dedicated to the rover and a dozen researchers are working on this mission led by NASA. They are conscious of living an extraordinary adventure and unusual. It is important to note that Curiosity has a weight of 900 kg, so it moves very slowly, but he still can perform 25 tests since his arrival in 2012.
A mission led by NASA that fulfilled all expectations
All offices of Toulouse are not devoted solely Curiosity because a room is reserved for Philae. In it, the news is not very rosy, since Rosetta does not contact the robot, despite its proximity Tchouri. This is probably explained by the distance between the Sun and the comet that grows increasingly. In all cases, jointly responsible for the ChemCam, Sylvestre Maurice insists that this mission had the ability to exceed all expectations.
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