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Cookies, Cream, and Crumbling Cores
Perseverance’s drives over the last few weeks have doubled back several times. Why such an unconventional route? Team scientists have been delighted to findNASA Science Editorial Team (NASA Science)
Sols 4454-4457: Getting Ready to Fill the Long Weekend with Science
Earth planning date: Friday, Feb. 14, 2025NASA Science Editorial Team (NASA Science)
Sols 4452-4453: Keeping Warm and Keeping Busy
Earth planning date: Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025NASA Science Editorial Team (NASA Science)
Sols 4450-4451: Making the Most of a Monday
Earth planning date: Monday, Feb. 10, 2025NASA Science Editorial Team (NASA Science)
Sols 4445–4446: Cloudy Days are Here
Earth planning date: Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025NASA Science Editorial Team (NASA Science)
Sols 4443-4444: Four Fours for February
Earth planning date: Monday, Feb. 3, 2025NASA Science Editorial Team (NASA Science)
Persevering Through Science
The Mars 2020 Perseverance rover continues to live up to its name, pushing forward in search of ancient Martian secrets. Following a brief period of systemNASA Science Editorial Team (NASA Science)
Sols 4441-4442: Winter is Coming
Earth planning date: Friday, Jan. 31, 2025NASA Science Editorial Team (NASA Science)
Sols 4439-4440: A Lunar New Year on Mars
Earth planning date: Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025NASA Science Editorial Team (NASA Science)
Sols 4437-4438: Coordinating our Dance Moves
Earth planning date: Monday, Jan. 27, 2025NASA Science Editorial Team (NASA Science)
A Rover Retrospective: Turning Trials to Triumphs in 2024 - NASA Science
A look back at a few Mars 2020 mission highlights of 2024 Perseverance’s past year operating on the surface of Mars was filled with some of the mission’s highest highs, but also some of its greatest challenges.science.nasa.gov
Sols 4416-4417: New Year, New Clouds - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Monday, Jan. 6, 2025 After our marathon holiday plan, we’re easing back into the new year with a standard two-sol plan.science.nasa.gov
Sols 4402-4415: Rover Decks and Sequence Calls for the Holidays - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Friday, Dec. 20, 2024 Welcome to the 2024 holiday plan for Curiosity! This year we’re spanning 14 sols to last us through the Earth new year.science.nasa.gov
Perseverance Blasts Past the Top of Jezero Crater Rim - NASA Science
I have always loved the mountains. Growing up on the flat plains of Midwestern USA, every summer I looked forward to spending a few days on alpine trails while on vacation. Climbing upward from the trailhead, the views changed constantly.science.nasa.gov
Sols 4396-4397: Roving in a Martian Wonderland - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Monday, Dec. 16, 2024 Over the weekend Curiosity continued her trek around the northern end of Texoli butte, taking in the beautiful views in all directions.science.nasa.gov
Sols 4393-4395: Weekend Work at the Base of Texoli Butte - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Friday, Dec. 13, 2024 Curiosity continues to make great progress over the Mount Sharp bedrock and will spend the weekend investigating the northern base of the “Texoli” butte.science.nasa.gov
Sols 4391-4392: Rounding the Bend - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024 For planning today, we have a beautiful view of the northern tip of Texoli, as seen in the image foreground.science.nasa.gov
Sols 4389-4390: A Wealth of Ripples, Nodules and Veins - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Monday, Dec. 9, 2024 We are continuing to edge our way around the large “Texoli” butte.science.nasa.gov
Looking Out for ‘Lookout Hill’ - NASA Science
At Pico Turquino, a bedrock mesa on the Jezero crater rim, the science and engineering teams planned proximity science on Percy’s 30th abrasion patch, Rio Chiquito.science.nasa.gov
Sols 4386-4388: Powers of Ten - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Friday, Dec. 6, 2024 We successfully arrived in our new exploration quadrangle — the Altadena quad — which is named after a town on Earth very near our own Jet Propulsion Laboratory! The names from this quad will recognize the in…science.nasa.gov
Sols 4384-4385: Leaving the Bishop Quad - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024 As the Curiosity rover climbs west toward the broad saddle separating Gediz Vallis from its neighboring canyon on the slopes of Mount Sharp, the rover is also approaching the edge of its current geological…science.nasa.gov
Sols 4375-4381: A Stuffed Holiday Plan - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Monday, Nov. 25, 2024 Today we planned a mammoth seven-sol plan, to cover the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday period. Unfortunately, our weekend drive ended a little early and we didn’t receive all of our needed confirmation imagery.science.nasa.gov
Sols 4382-4383: Team Work, Dream Work - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Monday, Dec. 2, 2024 Today, after a weeklong holiday break, the team was eager to take a look at Curiosity’s new workspace.science.nasa.gov
4375-4381: A Stuffed Holiday Plan - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Monday, Nov. 25, 2024 Today we planned a mammoth seven-sol plan, to cover the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday period. Unfortunately, our weekend drive ended a little early and we didn’t receive all of our needed confirmation imagery.science.nasa.gov
Sols 4732-4735: I’ll Zap You, My Pretty, and Your Pebble Too - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Friday, Nov. 22, 2024 For more than a year, NASA’s Curiosity rover has been climbing through layers of sulfate-rich rock in Gale Crater, where alternating thick light- and dark-toned bands are visible by satellite.science.nasa.gov
You Are Now Arriving at ‘Pico Turquino’ - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Monday, Nov. 18, 2024 Perseverance has been continuing its sightseeing tour of the Jezero crater rim, with this week’s travel itinerary including an up-close look at “Pico Turquino.science.nasa.gov
Sol 4370-4371: All About the Polygons - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024 We planned two very full sols today! The sol 4369 drive completed successfully, and the rover was in a stable enough position that we could unstow the arm — something we don’t take for granted in the exce…science.nasa.gov
Sols 4368-4369: The Colors of Fall – and Mars - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Monday, Nov. 18, 2024 I am in the U.K., where we are approaching the time when trees are just branches and twigs. One tree that still has its full foliage is my little quince tree in my front garden.science.nasa.gov
Sols 4366–4367: One of Those Days on Mars (Sulfate-Bearing Unit to the West of Upper Gediz Vallis) - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Friday, Nov. 15, 2024 The Monday plan and drive had executed successfully, so the team had high hopes for APXS and MAHLI data on several enticing targets in the rover’s workspace.science.nasa.gov
Sols 4362-4363: Plates and Polygons - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Monday, Nov. 11, 2024 After a successful 23-meter (about 75 feet) drive today in pre-planning we found ourselves in front of some rocks with a curious dark, platy topping.science.nasa.gov
Peculiar Pale Pebbles - NASA Science
During its recent exploration of the crater rim, Perseverance diverted to explore a strange, scattered field of bright white rocks which sparked the interest of the team scientists.science.nasa.gov
Sols 4359-4361: The Perfect Road Trip Destination For Any Rover! - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Friday, Nov. 8, 2024 After the excitement of Wednesday’s plan, it was a relief to come in today to hear that the drive toward our exit from Gediz Vallis completed successfully and that we weren’t perched on any rocks or in any ot…science.nasa.gov
Sols 4357–4358: Turning West - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024 Sols 4357–4358: Turning West If you’ve ever driven down a road that’s in need of repaving, you’ll know that it can be an uncomfortable experience.science.nasa.gov
Mars 2020 Perseverance Joins NASA’s Here to Observe Program - NASA Science
The Mars 2020 Perseverance mission has recently joined the NASA Here to Observe (H2O) program, where NASA planetary missions are partnered with universities to encourage undergraduate students from historically marginalized groups to pursue a career …science.nasa.gov
Sols 4352-4354: Halloween Fright Night on Mars - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Friday, Nov. 1, 2024 Yesterday evening (Thursday) was Halloween for many of us here on Earth.science.nasa.gov
Sols 4355-4356: Weekend Success Brings Monday Best - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Monday, Nov. 4, 2024 After a spooky week last week, it’s great to see all our weekend plans succeed as planned! We don’t take success for granted as a rover going on 13 years.science.nasa.gov
Sols 4350-4351: A Whole Team Effort - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024 Just like you and me, the Curiosity rover has a few idiosyncratic tendencies — special ways that the rover behaves that we, the team on Earth, have come to understand to be harmless but still throw a curv…science.nasa.gov
Sols 4348-4349: Smoke on the Water - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Monday, Oct. 28, 2024 Before the science team starts planning, we first look at the latest Navcam image downlinked from Curiosity to see where the rover is located.science.nasa.gov
A Spooky Soliday: Haunting Whispers from the Martian Landscape - NASA Science
The Perseverance rover lurks in the quiet, cold, desolate landscape of Jezero crater on Mars, a place masked in shadows and haunted by past mysteries.science.nasa.gov
Sols 4345-4347: Contact Science is Back on the Table - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Friday, Oct. 25, 2024 The changes to the plan Wednesday, moving the drive a sol earlier, meant that we started off planning this morning about 18 meters (about 59 feet) farther along the western edge of Gediz Vallis and with all …science.nasa.gov