NASA
Curiosity Rover Gets Stuck With a Rock, Has to Shake It Off Like a Polaroid Picture
Curiosity gets a rock stuck on its drill bit, tries percussive maintenance, and eventually shakes it off, losing some sample in the process.
2026-05-05
NASA
2026-04-28
NASA
Curiosity Rover Takes Yet Another Stunning Selfie of Mars, Because It Can
Curiosity delivers another 1.5-billion-pixel masterpiece of Martian boxwork formations, making Earth panoramas look like potato-quality selfies.
2026-04-22
NASA
Mars Rover Finds Crater, Decides It's a Bit Too Crater-y
Curiosity finds a crater filled with inconvenient sand, passes on drilling, and sets its sights on a new, less problematic rock named 'Atacama.'
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