My kitty, Keelor, is still going strong at 17 (knock on wood). He came from a litter of four, one of whom died when he was only a few months old. His sister was euthanized just last year at 16, but his other brother died at a relatively young age (around 10, if I remember correctly) from necrotizing pancreatitis.
X-band radio waves used by the rover to communicate. The rover communicates with the orbiters and the DSN through radio waves. They communicate with each other through X-band, which are radio waves at a much higher frequency than radio waves used for FM stations. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech.
Side profile of the Mars rover Curiosity. Image courtesy NASA/NPL Caltech. The Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission, culminating in the Curiosity Rover's arrival on the Red Planet on August 6, 2012, was the result of years of technological research and human ingenuity in the field of materials science.ronze. DUÂ® metal-polymer bearings are critical components in the rover's drill. Copper. Curiosity will collect samples in cells, which are sealed in a pyrolysis oven by pressing the cell's copper collar into a knife-edge seal with a force of up to 250lb.