Blog Post Image: NASA’S Mars Curiosity Debuts Autonomous Navigation

This mosaic of images from the Navigation Camera (Navcam) on NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity shows the scene from the rover’s position on the 376th Martian day, or sol, of the mission (Aug. 27, 2013). The images were taken right after Curiosity completed the first drive during which it used autonomous navigation on unknown ground. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech