Curiosity rover, which has been on Mars for 10 years, will usher in a software update and increase its mobile speed by 50%.

CTOnews.com8, March 18, according to New Scientist, the NASA Curiosity (Curiosity) Mars rover is about to usher in a new software update that will increase its movement speed by 50% and allow Curiosity to move around faster for more scientific research.

"selfie" sent back to Earth by ▲ Curiosity in June 2018

According to New Scientist, engineers wrote the "upgrade code" in 2015, but found a bug in subsequent tests, and they were unable to reproduce it during a computer simulation, and the upgrade was put on hold until 2019, when the computer simulation was updated and the bug was reproduced and repaired.

Then there was a long period of testing, and now the upgrade is finally ready for use on the Curiosity Mars rover, and Curiosity is about to speed up.

CTOnews.com learned that according to NASA's previous strategy, Curiosity must often stop to check its location during the mission, and with this update, it will be able to move quickly and improve detection efficiency.

"selfie" sent back to Earth by ▲ Curiosity in November 2021

NASA's Curiosity rover landed on Mars on August 6, 2012, 10 years now, well beyond its original design life of two years, and is still on mission to Mars.