Chịkọta isiokwu ahụ:  Na nke mbụ ya n'afọ a, NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter achọpụtala onye na-eso ya na-agagharị agagharị n'elu mbara ụwa na-acha ọbara ọbara. Ụgbọelu ahụ na-agba gburugburu n'ụwa sere ihe Curiosity n'ebe dị nso n'ala ala Ugwu Sharp nke dị na Gale Crater. Ma, ihe na-adọrọ mmasị bụ na a naghị ahụ ihe ndị ahụ na-agagharị agagharị na ya anya - ikekwe n'ihi na ihu igwe na-ekpo ọkụ nke Mars ekpochapụla ha. Igwefoto HiRise nwere ike iwere onyonyo nke elu ya na mkpebi nke 10 inch (25cm) kwa pixel, na-enye ya ohere ịhụ rover na elu. A na-ahụ ya n'ebe a n'ihe osise zuru ezu, nke a gbara gburugburu. Ụgbọala ahụ nọ n' elu ájá gbara ọchịchịrị n' otu ndagwurugwu nke nkume ndị na - acha ọcha jupụtara na ya. E jiri igwefoto High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRise) nke dị na satịlaịtị Mars were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were were Ọ na-agba ihe dị ka sentimita atọ na ọkara n'otu sekọnd. Curiosity bụ nke anọ n'ụgbọala ndị na-agagharị agagharị na Mars. O were ihe dị ka nkeji asaa iji rute na Red Planet. A na-eji kamera iri na asaa arụ ọrụ n'ụgbọala a. Ọ na-atụle otu ihe ahụ dịka Mini Cooper na ihe dịka 900kg (2,000lbs). Ndị ọkà mmụta sayensị lebara anya n'ebe dị iri isii ha nwere ike ịdakwasị ụgbọelu ahụ tupu ha ekpebie ebe Gale Crater ga-ada. Ọ bụghị nke mbụ ọ na-ahụ Curiosity, ma ọ bụdị ndị ọzọ na-agagharị agagharị, n'elu mbara igwe - ma, ọ bụ nke mbụ ọ na-ahụ ya n'afọ 2015. Igwefoto HiRise nwere ike iwere onyonyo nke elu ya na mkpebi nke 10 inch (25cm) kwa pixel, na-enye ya ohere ịhụ Curiosity, nke bụ nha ụgbọ ala. N'ihe osise a, a dọwara ụgbọala ahụ n'elu ájá gbara ọchịchịrị n'otu ndagwurugwu nke e nwere nkume ndị na-acha ọkụ ọkụ. Nkume ndị a bụ akụkụ nke Pahrump Hills na Murray Formation, nke bụ mpaghara sandstones, siltstones na calcium sulphate veins na elu. Ha bụ nkume ndị kasị dị ala nke Ugwu Sharp - nke a makwaara dị ka Aeolis Mons - nke NASA na-eme atụmatụ iziga Curiosity n'oge ụfọdụ. N'ihe onyonyo a, rover ahụ emechaala njem ihe dịka 75ft (23 mita) n'ụbọchị nke 949 ya na Mars - nke a makwaara dị ka sol. Ugwu dị n'elu n'ihe onyonyo a, ebe a na-ele ihe niile anya...
Ndị ọkà mmụta sayensị NASA nọ na California ekpughewo ihe osise dị anya nke Curiosity nke Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter weere. E si n'ebe dị elu nke 187 maịl (300km) bulie ya elu, na-ekpughe ebe rover ahụ na-aga. Otu ihe na - adọrọ mmasị bụ na a pụghị ịhụ ọkpụkpụ nke rover ahụ n'azụ ya n'ihe osise ahụ. Nke a nwere ike ịbụ n'ihi ihu igwe Mars ma ọ bụ na ha bụ otu agba dị ka gburugburu elu.