NASA’s Curiosity Rover Discovers a Surprise in a Martian Rock
Jul 18, 2024 · NASA’s Curiosity captured this close-up image of a rock nicknamed “Snow Lake” on June 8, 2024, the 4,209th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. Nine days earlier, the rover had crushed a similar-looking rock and revealed crystalline textures — and elemental sulfur — inside.
Mars Science Laboratory: Curiosity Rover - NASA Science
Nov 26, 2011 · Part of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission, Curiosity, was the largest and most capable rover ever sent to Mars when it launched in 2011. Curiosity set out to answer the question: Did Mars ever have the right environmental conditions to …
Curiosity Rover Updates - NASA Science
6 days ago · Curiosity Rover Updates. These updates are provided by self-selected Mars Science Laboratory mission team members who love to share what Curiosity is doing with the public.
Mars Science Laboratory: Curiosity Rover News & Features
NASA’s Curiosity rover, currently exploring Gale crater on Mars, is providing new details about how the ancient Martian climate went from potentially suitable for life – with evidence for widespread liquid water on the surface – to a surface that…
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Discovers a Surprise in a Martian Rock
Jul 18, 2024 · Scientists were stunned on May 30 when a rock that NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover drove over cracked open to reveal something never seen before on the Red Planet: yellow sulfur crystals. Since October 2023, the rover has been exploring a region of Mars rich with sulfates, a kind of salt that contains sulfur and forms as water evaporates.
NASA’s Curiosity rover makes its ‘most unexpected’ find on Mars - CNN
Jul 20, 2024 · CNN — The Curiosity rover has made its most unusual find to date on Mars: rocks made of pure sulfur. And it all began when the 1-ton rover happened to drive over a rock and crack it open,...
10 Years Since Landing, NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover Still Has Drive
Aug 5, 2022 · NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover took this 360-degree panorama at a drill site nicknamed “Avanavero” on June 20, 2022, the 3,509th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. In its decade on the Red Planet, the rover has used the drill on its robotic arm to collect more than 41 rock and soil samples for analysis. u003cstrongu003eCredits: NASA/JPL ...
NASA’s Curiosity Captures Stunning Views of a Changing Mars …
Jun 22, 2022 · NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover captured this view of a sulfate-bearing region using its Mastcam on May 2, 2022, the 3,462nd Martian day, or sol, of the mission. Dark boulders seen near the center are thought to have formed from sand deposited in ancient streams or ponds.
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Captures Shining Clouds on Mars
May 28, 2021 · NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover captured these clouds just after sunset on March 19, 2021, the 3,063rd Martian day, or sol, of the rover’s mission. The image is made up of 21 individual images stitched together and color corrected so that the …
Curiosity rover is climbing through dramatic striped terrain on Mars
Mar 4, 2024 · The Curiosity rover is exploring an ancient ridge on the side of Mount Sharp, which is the peak of a crater on Mars. It's sitting on the side of a feature called Gediz Vallis Ridge, and the...