She Roves! Curiosity Hits the Martian Road: Big Pics

Discovery Channel ^ | August 22, 2012 | Irene Klotz

[EveningStar]

NASA's new Mars probe lived up to its billing as a rover on Wednesday with a successful first test drive, its first motion since settling down inside an ancient impact basin on Aug. 6.

"We built a rover, so unless the rover roves, we really haven’t accomplished anything," project manager Pete Theisinger, with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., told reporters during a press conference Wednesday. "It's a big moment, a very big moment."

[blueunicorn6]

Yeah, they had a test drive, and then the sales manager had to ok the deal....

[MNJohnnie]

Ok, who been spinning donuts on Mars with Curiosity?

[EveningStar]