Universe Today
In honor of the 2nd anniversary of the Curiosity rover reaching Mars, Caltech has put out a wonderful new video about the plucky little rover that has captured the hearts and imaginations of people around the world. And some familiar voices do the narration: astrophysicist
Neil de Grasse Tyson
and actress
Felicia Day
. The video was created by Caltech planetary scientist Jeff Marlow, and he called it a
"love letter"
to the rover.
"As scientifically productive as the mission has been, Curiosity's inspirational capacity may be its true value, its ability to make us feel as if we too are there, crunching on red dirt, pondering the planet's past environments," Marlow wrote on
Wired.
Enjoy the look back at Curiosity's travels so far. If you're like me, the last line in the video (spoken by de Grasse Tyson) will really get you.
Find out more about the video at
ourcuriosity.org,
where they promise a "making of" video and more will be available soon.