{"id":546237,"date":"2026-07-27T13:07:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T13:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/546237\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T13:07:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T13:07:09","slug":"curiosity-mars-rover-wheel-wear-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/546237\/","title":{"rendered":"Curiosity Mars Rover: Wheel Wear Issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.LeonardDavid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/MARS-GUY-1.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-49061\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-49061\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/MARS-GUY-1-350x194.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"194\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-49061\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image credit: Mars Guy\/Inside Outer Space screengrab<\/p>\n<p>Mars Guy takes a look at NASA\u2019s Curiosity Mars rover. Its dust removal tool does the unexpected is discussed. \u00a0So too is a look at the rover\u2019s wheels.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCuriosity doesn\u2019t have an abrading tool like Perseverance [Mars rover] uses to expose fresh rock surfaces.\u00a0 Instead, it uses a wire brush with a now twisted bundle of wires that sometimes makes tiny holes.\u00a0 But last week, Curiosity somehow managed to make a hole more like one from Perseverance,\u201d notes Mars Guy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.LeonardDavid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/MARS-GUY-WHEELS-2.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-49062\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-49062\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/MARS-GUY-WHEELS-2-350x177.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"177\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-49062\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image credit: JPL-Caltech\/Inside Outer Space screengrab<\/p>\n<p>Mars Guy also explores how Curiosity maneuvers through challenging terrain in Gale Crater as the rover approaches its 14th year on Mars.<\/p>\n<p>The segment examines the rover\u2019s ongoing wheel wear issues and compares its maintenance tools with those used by the Perseverance mission while inspecting recent geological findings.<\/p>\n<p>Go to this video at:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/HCeKe-BsvQ4?si=_hr3f96vsY7-7eGF\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/HCeKe-BsvQ4?si=_hr3f96vsY7-7eGF<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.LeonardDavid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/CURIOSITY-WHEEL-3.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-49063\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-49063\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/CURIOSITY-WHEEL-3-263x350.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"263\" height=\"350\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-49063\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image credits: NASA\/JPL-Caltech\/MSSS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Image credit: Mars Guy\/Inside Outer Space screengrab Mars Guy takes a look at NASA\u2019s Curiosity Mars rover. Its&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":546238,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[111,139,69,147],"class_list":["post-546237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-science","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=546237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546237\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/546238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=546237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=546237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=546237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}