Curiosity's latest workspace imaged on mission sol 4480 (March 14, 2025 ) after a drive of 24 meters (~79 ft). This composite image is assembled from 15 overlapping L-MastCam sub-frame images. The workspace covers an area about 2 meters (~6.5 feet) across, and shows details within the workspace accessible to the instruments and tools on the rover's 2 meter-long robotic arm. Image Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
Curiosity Rover - Sol 4497: Yet More interesting rock textures in this Bayer reconstructed R-MastCam. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/fredk
Curiosity rover used its arm mounted MAHLI camera to capture close up images of one of the knobby/bumpy rocks in its workspace on sol 4479. Attached is an animated GIF using three focus stacked images that were acquired by moving the rover's robotic arm between images. The camera standoff was 25/30cm from the target which provides us with an scene width of ~15cm. Credits:NASA/JPL-Caltech
Another day, another drive for Perseverance rover. This short drive was completed during mission sol 1445 (March 14, 2025). Arriving at site 70.0.
Attached is a roughly processed post-drive 4-tile L-NavCam image, the drive data and screen capture of the mission map. The dogleg traverse distance was just 6.45 meters (~21 ft) west-northwest. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UofA.
Curiosity Rover: A 'Bump' on sol 4478 'to get the rover in an ideal position to analyze and characterize a rock with a knobby/bumpy texture that appears quite different from the typical surrounding bedrock'. Post drive NavCam, Drive data & Traverse map (with scale). Image Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Curiosity Rover mission update for Sols 4477-4478
Bumping Back to Business:
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https://science.nasa.gov/blog/sols-4477-4478-bumping-back-to-business/
Substituted image - Sol 4477 MAHLI mosaic. Image Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
Curiosity Rover mission update for Sols 4475-4476
Even the Best-Laid Plans:
Image Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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https://science.nasa.gov/blog/sols-4475-4476-even-the-best-laid-plans/
Curiosity Rover mission update for Sols 4473-4474:
So Many Rocks, So Many Textures!
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/LANL
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https://science.nasa.gov/blog/sols-4473-4474-so-many-rocks-so-many-textures/
Curiosity's latest workspace imaged on mission sol 4471 (March 5, 2025 ) after a drive of 19.6 meters (64.4 ft). This composite image is roughly assembled from 15 overlapping L-MastCam subframe images, the images were Bayer reconstructed prior to assembly.
Image Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/fredk
Curiosity continues to make steady progress through the upper sulfate unit and toward its next major science waypoint. The drive of ~19.6 meters (64ft) is shown on the map, with the details in the table. The monochrome image from one of its NavCam's shows the rover's new robotic arm workspace that it reached on sol 4471 (March 5, 2025) Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UofA. #Mars #Curiosity #MSL #MarsRover #NASA #Science #Space #Exploration #Solarrocks #data #map
Curiosity Rover mission update for sols 4471-4472: Marching Through the Canyon. Image credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
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https://science.nasa.gov/blog/sols-4471-4472-marching-through-the-canyon/
Sols 4468-4470: A Wintry Mix of Mars Science
https://science.nasa.gov/blog/sols-4468-4470-a-wintry-mix-of-mars-science/
Curiosity Rover's latest workspace after a drive to the south of ~37 meters (120 ft) during Sol 4469. By the end the drive it had climbed nearly 4 meters (13 ft). The detailed data from the drive are attached as is a screenshot from the mission traverse map (with scale) and a post-drive L-NavCam image featuring the robotic arm workspace.
Curiosity's latest workspace imaged on mission sol 4464 (February 25, 2025 ) after a drive of ~26 meters (85 feet). . The workspace covers an area about 2 meters (~6.5 feet) across, and shows details within the workspace accessible to the instruments and tools on the rover's 2 meter-long robotic arm. Also attached is the drive data and an updated map with scale.
Image Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/fredk
Meanwhile on Mars - We now have the Bayer reconstructed left side mast camera images of the sol 4462 robotic arm workspace (reached February 23, 2025). Attached is a rough mosaic of those 15 overlapping frames, the drive data and a screen capture of the mission map (with scale) at the new location. The drive data is imported from JPL's waypoints URL
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Credits: NASA.JPL-Caltech/MSSS/UofA/fredk
Subtle changes between this animated GIF from a pair of CacheCam images from sol 1423 and sol 1427, appear to suggest that the team may have tried to cap the core in sample tube number 060.
Meanwhile on Mars - We have the left side mast camera images of the sol 4456 robotic arm workspace. Attached is a mosaic of the 15 overlapping frames, the drive data and a screen capture of the mission map. The drive data is imported from JPLs waypoints URL, using LibreOffice Calc.
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Credits: NASA.JPL-Caltech/MSSS/fredk
Meanwhile on Mars: Sol 1420 (February 17, 2025) Perseverance rover has drilled a new sample hole, it's located adjacent to an earlier abrasion patch. This partial / roughly processed image was acquired by one of the rover's Hazard Avoidance Cameras and shows the new sample hole on the left and the abrasion patch on the right. For scale the patch has a diameter of close of 5 cm (2 inches). Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Meanwhile on Mars - Curiosity rover continues its traverse towards the west-southwest with another drive of ~35 meters. Attached is a post-drive left side navigation camera image of its new workspace, the drive data and a screen capture of the mission map (with scalebar), the sol 4452 traverse is highlighted by a yellow path.
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UofA
