Sols 3614-3615: Chemin's Moment To Shine
The Curiosity team continues with our "Canaima" drill campaign. 2-sol plan will provide our first look at the minerals present ...
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Curiosity targets Canaima bedrock for sampling: Sol 3612
Over the weekend, Curiosity took compositional measurements of the "Canaima" bedrock target in order to determine if the target merits ...
New clues about Mars' early atmosphere suggest a wet planet capable of supporting life
New research published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters suggests that Mars was born wet, with a dense atmosphere allowing ...
Sols 3599-3600: A Stay and Play Kind of Day
Coming into planning, we were ready for a standard "Touch and Go" plan, where we do some early morning science ...
Mars is littered with 15,694 pounds of human trash from 50 years of robotic exploration
People have been exploring the surface of Mars for over 50 years. According to the United Nations Office for Outer ...
An Unexpected Stop, the Sequel: Sols 3594-3595
As Dr. Abigail Fraeman noted a couple weeks ago, Curiosity is navigating through terrain that is difficult to traverse. At ...
Wind drives geology on Mars these days
A new paper based on exploration by the NASA's Curiosity Mars rover-and reviewed by an astronaut while she was on ...
Searching for Frost at Jezero Crater
We've all walked outside on a cold morning and seen frost on the grass, but you might be surprised to ...
Sols 3592-3593: Onwards
Curiosity is back on the road! The arm (seen above while conducting science activities on sol 3583) is good to ...
Sols 3568-3570: That Was Close
Coming in to work on the three-sol plan for the weekend, we were met with another set of stunning Images ...