Most of us will never put foot on Mars , but thanks to NASA ’s unceasing public outreach campaign , now we can all think what that might be like . To record the three year anniversary of the Curiosity rover ’s Martian landing , NASA has unveiled two unexampled web instrument that allow you to explore the Red Planet ’s aerofoil and tantalise alongside the societal medium savvy rover .
First , there’sMars Trek , which offers elaborated visualizations of the Martian surface , draw on ten of scientific exploration . This tool is pretty advanced : you could overlay a clustering of unlike datasets , describe past rover landing place site , and do distance calculation and elevation plotting . Amateur geologists can ogle over Candor Chasma and Olympus Mons . Would - be colonist can track down for the perfect craters to put up their space pods .
Screen capture from NASA ’s newfangled Experience Curiosity website . range of a function via NASA / JPL - Caltech
For those who ’d like a travel buddy , NASA builtExperience Curiosity , which allow you to journey along with the bird of passage as it falter across the tough , ruddy terrain . This instrument has more of a TV game finger to it : Users can manipulate the rover ’s tools and see Mars in first person mode through each of its camera . NASA is not responsible for anygiant space crabsthat attack you while operating the rover .
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Top image : Screencapture from Mars Trek , via NASA / JPL - Caltech
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