3 Sep 2012

Mars Time

From Afternoons, 2:10 pm on 3 September 2012
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From the moment the Curiosity rover landed on Mars, the NASA team in charge of the mission started to report to work on Mars time. A Martian day is about 3 percent longer than one on Earth, so after a while, night becomes day and day becomes night.

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