NASA's hardy Curiosity rover has received a major software update that its team says will enable it to continue exploring Mars for years to come.
While NASA’s newer Perseverance rover tends to get all the headlines these days, the Curiosity rover also continues to explore the surface of Mars more than a decade after it reached the red planet.
Related Videos Among the 180 changes implemented in the update, one of the most important ones gives the hardy rover improved driving skills that will enable it to cover ground more quickly. While Curiosity will still need to halt after each segment, the new software will enable the rover to process the imagery much faster than before, helping to speed up its journey time.
It’s worth noting that Curiosity’s movement across the martian surface will still be something of a crawl as its top speed is a little less than 1 mph, considerably slower than the average 3 mph speed that humans walk at.
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