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paulhammond5155 1d ago

Sols 4879-4885: Struggle at Atacama - NASA Science

https://lemmy.world/post/46495415

Sols 4879-4885: Struggle at Atacama - NASA Science - Lemmy.World

There’s a link at the end of the mission update to a more detailed report of the drill site issues

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Daniel Pomarède 1d ago

Two new mosaics of the area excavated by the uplifting and removal (and destruction) of the Atacama rock, captured by the left and right Mastcam eyes. Can you spot the 5 impacts of the laser shots described in the quoted post? Bonus points for finding another series of 5.

https://zoomhub.net/89lpb

#Mars #Curiosity #stuck #AtacamaDrillTarget #rover #Sol4885 #CuriosityRover #space #geology #Astrodon #MSL #GaleCrater #MountSharp #AeolisMons #crater #science #STEM #photography #laser #ChemCam #news

Daniel Pomarède 1d ago

A much awaited blog post on the Martian drama that unfolded in Gale Crater these past few days!

https://science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosity-blog-sols-4879-4885-struggle-at-atacama/

#Mars #Curiosity #stuck #AtacamaDrillTarget #rover #CuriosityRover #space #geology #Astrodon #MSL #Martian #GaleCrater #MountSharp #AeolisMons #crater #science #STEM #news

Curiosity Blog, Sols 4879-4885: Struggle at Atacama

Written by William Farrand, Senior Research Scientist, Space Science Institute

NASA Science

Daniel Pomarède 1d ago

NASA’s Curiosity Rover Frees Its Drill From a Rock

This series of images shows Mars rover Curiosity as it got a rock stuck to the drill on the end of its robotic arm and, after waving the arm and running the drill a few times, finally detached the rock.

https://science.nasa.gov/photojournal/nasas-curiosity-rover-frees-its-drill-from-a-rock/

#Mars #Curiosity #stuck #AtacamaDrillTarget #rover #CuriosityRover #space #geology #Astrodon #MSL #Martian #GaleCrater #MountSharp #AeolisMons #crater #science #STEM #news

NASA’s Curiosity Rover Frees Its Drill From a Rock

This series of images shows NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover as it got a rock stuck to the drill on the end of its robotic arm and, after waving the arm and

NASA Science

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Daniel Pomarède 2d ago

In anticipation of #StarWarsDay, Curiosity fired her laser at the area freshly exposed by the uplifting and removal of the rock!

#Mars May 3, 2026 - Sol 4884
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/LANL/CNES/CNRS/IRAP/IAS/LPG

#Curiosity #MayThe4th #stuck #AtacamaDrillTarget #rover #Sol4884 #CuriosityRover #space #geology #Astrodon #MSL #Martian #landscape #GaleCrater #MountSharp #AeolisMons #crater #science #STEM #photography #laser #ChemCam #news #MayTheFourth #MayThe4thBeWithYou #MayTheFourthBeWithYou