NASA's Mars rover program has been an outstanding success, but they must be getting a bit frustrated with the way their vehicles continue to act out like an unruly teenagers.
The Mars Curiosity rover continues to send back amazing imagery, and the latest batch is no exception, delivering a stunning 360-degree view of the planet's surface.
Software engineer Kevin Gill is no stranger to creating virtual models, and he decided to create a rendering of what Mars might have looked like in its distant past.
NASA has had quite a year. The Curiosity rover, aside from an unidentified discharge, has been an huge success. So much of a success in fact, that the next Mars rover, launching in 2020, will be based almost entirely on Curiosity's design.