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There’s an Even Larger Hole in the Wheel of NASA’s Mars Curiosity Rover

There’s an Even Larger Hole in the Wheel of NASA’s Mars Curiosity Rover

Close-up of a Mars rover wheel with large cracks and holes in the metal tread, showing signs of heavy wear and damage, resting on the dusty Martian surface.

The wheels are quite literally falling off NASA's Mars Curiosity Rover, which is still trundling over the Red Planet some 13 years after it was dropped off there.

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