Headcanon after word got out about a Mars rover singing happy birthday to itself all by its lonesome and the whole internet’s heart broke, it became a yearly tradition online to expect photos the afternoon of Curiosity’s big day from the GLs of Earth, gathered around her while she drove; usually eating cake on a picnic blanket. Nobody knows who made the construct of a party hat on top of her lens but everybody agreed it is a more important commitment than patrols or missions














