Curiosity rover explores Mars

The Curiosity rover is seen in this stitched image taken by its Navigation cameras, located on the now-upright mast, in this picture released by NASA on August 8, 2012. After flying more than 350 million miles (563 million km) from Earth, the Mars rover Curiosity is about to get its driver's license. Mission control engineers in California will spend the next four days remotely installing new computer software in Curiosity that essentially ... more 

The Curiosity rover is seen in this stitched image taken by its Navigation cameras, located on the now-upright mast, in this picture released by NASA on August 8, 2012. After flying more than 350 million miles (563 million km) from Earth, the Mars rover Curiosity is about to get its driver's license. Mission control engineers in California will spend the next four days remotely installing new computer software in Curiosity that essentially reorients the brains of the six-wheeled vehicle for maneuvering around the surface of the Red Planet. REUTERS/ NASA/JPL/Handout less