E268 - Curiosity's Cracked Wheel, The 'Red Potato' Galaxy & Io's Hidden Secrets

Welcome to another episode of Kalam Astro — your go-to show for the latest in space exploration and astronomy!

We start today's episode with a moment of real concern from the surface of the Red Planet — NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has been spotted carefully inspecting one of its cracked wheels. After years of traversing the rugged, unforgiving terrain of Mars, the wear and tear on Curiosity's wheels has been a challenge engineers have been monitoring closely. We take a look at what this means for the rover's ongoing mission and how NASA plans to keep this legendary explorer roll...