Rove around Mars with the NASA Curiosity Simulator

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NASA’s Curiosity rover is busy looking for signs on life on Mars. Its ground crew has also been beavering away on a simulator to let you see what it sees on the planet. Experience Curiosity puts you in control of Curiosity in a simulated 3D environment based on data from the actual rover, as well as NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO). You can click around to move Curiosity across the red planet’s surface and get a close-up view through each of its cameras. The simulator lets you free-drive Curiosity and also send it to three preset destinations where it’s previously…

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