Here it is: the first color image of Mars from the Curiosity rover.
Also: NASA releases low-res video of Mars rover descent
(Photo: NASA)
NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory and Curiosity rover is expected to arrive on the red planet’s surface at 1:31 a.m. EDT Monday.
The forecast? Pink skies with a chance of water ice haze.
Curiosity will explore Gale Crater, which was created more than 3 billion years ago by a meteor. At the bottom of the crater is a 3-mile-high mountain – Mount Sharp – that the rover will comb for signs of life.
(Photo: NASA)
