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Sols 4525-4526: The Day After Groundhog Day (Between Ghost Mountain and Texoli, Headed South)
Sols 4525-4526: The Day After Groundhog Day (Between Ghost Mountain and Texoli, Headed South) The NASA Mars rover Curiosity has completed its weekend drive and is now in a stable position to conduct science experiments. The rover will use its instruments, including ChemCam/Mastcam, DRT/APXS/MAHLI, and AEGIS LIBS, to collect geochemical and rock texture data from […]
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Sols 4522-4524: Up on the Roof
Sols 4522-4524: Up on the Roof Curiosity rover will spend Sol 4522 studying layered rocks at “Hale Telescope” using its Left Navigation Camera, Mastcam, and ChemCam instruments. On Sol 4523, Curiosity will perform a series of mosaics and observations on targets such as “Mesa Peak”, “Puerto Suelo”, and “Potrero Seco”, including companion observations with ChemCam […]
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Sols 4520-4521: Prinzregententorte
Sols 4520-4521: Prinzregententorte NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity has acquired an image of its target area, “Hale Telescope,” using its Front Hazard Avoidance Camera on Sol 4518 (April 22, 2025), featuring prominent laminations that reminded the science team of a layered-cake like Prinzregententorte. Curiosity successfully completed its plan tosol, which included APXS and MAHLI activities at […]
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Sols 4518-4519: Thumbs up from Mars
Sols 4518-4519: Thumbs up from Mars The Curiosity rover on Mars has made another exciting discovery, detecting the mineral siderite in three drill holes, which allowed scientists to piece together the carbon cycle of Mars. Today’s workspace looks intriguing with its fine layers and weathering patterns, but the team had to keep the arm stowed […]
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NASA’s Curiosity Rover May Have Solved Mars’ Missing Carbonate Mystery
NASA’s Curiosity Rover May Have Solved Mars’ Missing Carbonate Mystery NASA’s Curiosity Rover has made a groundbreaking discovery on Mars that may help explain the planet’s missing ancient atmosphere. The rover found evidence of siderite, an iron carbonate mineral, in rocks beneath the surface of Mount Sharp in Gale Crater, which suggests that carbonate minerals […]
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Sols 4511-4512: Low energy after a big weekend?
Sols 4511-4512: Low energy after a big weekend? Curiosity Rover’s weekend was busy, with full contact science, imaging tests, and a long 57m drive, leaving it low on power for Monday’s plan. The team had to prioritize science activities within the rover’s power limit, squeezing in activities such as acquiring Mastcam mosaics, ChemCam LIBS observations, […]
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Sols 4509-4510: A weekend of long drives
Sols 4509-4510: A weekend of long drives The Curiosity rover on Mars has been planning long drives to reach potential boxwork structures, with over 50 meters driven on Wednesday and more planned for this weekend. The science team had to carefully plan and prioritize observations to collect from their current location while minimizing power usage, […]
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Sols 4507-4508: “Just Keep Driving”
Sols 4507-4508: “Just Keep Driving” The Curiosity rover successfully completed its drive on Sol 4507-4508, covering approximately 22 meters out of an expected 30 meters. The rover’s arm activities were halted due to instability caused by a rock it encountered during the drive, but the team is not complaining about trying again. The rover’s science […]
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NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Studies Trove of Rocks on Crater Rim
NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Studies Trove of Rocks on Crater Rim NASA’s Perseverance rover has been collecting and caching Martian rock samples from the Jezero crater, which will be returned to Earth for further analysis as part of NASA’s Mars Sample Return Program. The rover has discovered a serpentine-rich rock sample called “Tablelands” that contains […]
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Sols 4505-4506: Up, up and onto the Devil’s Gate
Sols 4505-4506: Up, up and onto the Devil’s Gate The Curiosity rover has completed its drive up the steep side of “Devil’s Gate,” a small butte that forms part of the ridge along the top of a canyon, and is now looking down into the next canyon for the first time. The rover passed a Slip Risk Assessment Process […]
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