PIA16934: Out-of-this-World Records


Out-of-this-World Records

Caption:

This chart illustrates comparisons among the distances driven by various wheeled vehicles on the surface of Earth's moon and Mars. Of the vehicles shown, the NASA Mars rovers Opportunity and Curiosity are still active and the totals for those two are distances driven as of May 15, 2013.

Cataloging Keywords:

Name Value Additional Values
Target Mars
System
Target Type Planet
Mission Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Instrument Host Curiosity Rover Opportunity (MER-B)
Host Type Rover
Instrument
Detector
Extra Keywords Color
Acquisition Date
Release Date 2013-05-16
Date in Caption 2013-05-15
Image Credit NASA/JPL-Caltech
Source photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA16934
Identifier PIA16934