Before it hit Mars, Curiosity took its first steps on Earth
In short: Watch the Mars Science Laboratory, Curiosity, roll across a clean room floor for the first time. This milestone moment captured the pride of the mission team before the rover's historic journey to the Red Planet.
The video captures the initial movement of Curiosity, the largest rover ever constructed for a Mars mission. This terrestrial debut occurred at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, serving as a critical precursor to its scheduled launch in the fall of 2011.
Beyond the rover's progress, the footage highlights a period of significant aerospace advancement, including a successful spacewalk by two Russian cosmonauts at the International Space Station and the release of the first map covering the entire surface of Mars.
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