Well its' parachute is at least.
From the Discovery.com article:
- Shortly after Curiosities landing, NASA’s orbiting Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter managed to photograph not only the parachute, but also the backshell, heat shield, skycrane and counterweights.
Now the team is using the HiRISE high resolution imaging system to take photos of the same area over a five month period. What the series shows, that even though the Martian atmosphere is thin, 100 times thinner than Earth's, large surfaces such as the huge areo-braking parachute can still be reacted on if light enough.
The biggest changes seem to take place from September 8th 2012 and November 30th of the same year. During this three month period the rover's discarded 'chute became much less reflective then became more so indicating that at least part of the structure was being moved and flapped by the Martian breeze.
Full Discovery News article HERE
1 comment:
This is cool!
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