Curiosity Rover Controlled with a Linux Computer by NASA

The Curiosity rover has been on Mars since 2012, and it has been responsible for a lot of the cool and interesting information we got from the Red Planet since then. As it turns out, it's remotely controlled with a help of a Linux machine from Earth.

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