DUMONT DUNES, Calif., May 11 (UPI) -- NASA scientists say they have completed mobility tests on California sand dunes in preparation for operating the Curiosity rover currently on its way to Mars.
Researchers with the agency's Mars Science Laboratory mission took a test rover to Dumont Dunes in the Mojave Desert this week to improve knowledge of the best way to operate Curiosity, which is heading to Mars for an August landing at the Red Planet's Gale Crater, NASA reported Friday.