NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover

Assembled from 10 overlapping L-MastCam images. NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

Assembled from 10 overlapping L-MastCam images. NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

Curiosity putting the pedal to the metal

Data provided by JPL, updated shortly after each drive - NASA/JPL-Caltech

Returning to the path towards the large boxwork structures

Mosaic of 10 overlapping images (MastCam)

NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity used its Mast Camera (Mastcam) to acquire this image showing a part of Volcán Peña Blanca from about 10 meters away (about 33 feet). It is already possible to see the different layers and make out that some of them are parallel, while others are at an angle. Curiosity acquired this image on July 6, 2025 — Sol 4591, or Martian day 4,591 of the Mars Science Laboratory mission — at 10:13:13 UTC. NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

Curiosity Rover - Focus Stacked MAHLI images form Sol 4594 (July 9, 2025)

Mosaic assembled from 15 Bayer reconstructed left mast camera images. The ridge of sedimentary rock is called 'Volcán Peña Blanca'

Published July 7, 2025

published July 7

This image sees the sensor head of the Alpha-Particle X-ray Spectrometer (APXS) instrument placed on a target to acquire data. The image was taken by one of the Front Hazard Avoidance Cameras (Front HazCam) onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 4590 July 5, 2025 at 11:24:54 UTC. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech

15 overlapping images

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This image was taken by the Front Hazard Avoidance Camera (Front HazCam) onboard Curiosity rover on Sol 4588 (2025-07-03 09:15:59 UTC). Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech

NavCam mosaic (partial)

Nothing of interest to the team here as they drove away the next morning

The yellow line shows the path of the drive on sol 4587

post drive data from JPL

Mosaic of overlapping post-drive L-NavCam images - NASA/JPL-Caltech

The drive path is highlighted in yellow.

Assembled from 15 overlapping Bayer reconstructed L-MastCam images. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/fredk

Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech

NASA's Mars Exploration Program seeks to understand whether Mars was, is, or can be a habitable world. Missions like Mars Pathfinder, Mars Exploration Rovers, Mars Science Laboratory and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, among many others, have provided important information in understanding of the habitability of Mars. This poster imagines a future day when we have achieved our vision of human exploration of Mars and takes a nostalgic look back at the great imagined milestones of Mars exploration that will someday be celebrated as “historic sites.”

The drive path is highlighted yellow

The raw drive data is released by JPL shortly after each drive. this table is generated from that raw data. I've also added a few additional data points based on the data

3 images from the rover's L-NavCam. NASA/JPL-Caltech

the drive path is highlighted in yellow

The images server is stuck, so had to go to plan B to get these images :)

Screen capture

June 20, 2025 - Sol 4577

A pair of end-of-drive NavCams show us the new workspace after a drive on sol 4575 (June 20, 2025)

Assembled from 15 overlapping L-MastCam sub-frame Bayer reconstructed images from sol 4573. It's the rover's current workspace. Not sure how long they will stay here, but the journey to the next major science waypoint (Boxworks) to the south will continue soon.

Monday's Blog

Looking South-southwest L-NavCam 2 overlapping images assembled in MS-ICE NASA/JPL-Caltech

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Montage of two overlapping left side navigation camera images. Assembled in MS-ICE Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Animation of a drive during sol 4571. This GIF was assembled from raw HazCam frames acquired during the drive on June 15th 2025. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech

ChemCam RMI - Here a cropped mosaic of several overlapping RMI's

Just published, but written last Wednesday

Hole diameter ~1.6cm

R-MastCam frame showing the tailings around the drilled hole Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

Looking good after drilling holes in Mars for close to 13 years :)

Left MastCam GIF of three frames shows the closed cover of SAM. The animation shows the cover before the drop, and then two portions of powdered rock are dropped onto the cover. This is performed to measure ensure they can deliver the correct amount of sample to SAM when the cover is opened.

Meanwhile on the planet Mars:

A fantastic view from the Mars Curiosity Rover using its ChemCam remote micro imager (RMI), looking towards the distant Yardang Unit. Taken this week on Sol 4562 (June 6, 2025).

NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity acquired this image of a recent DRT (Dust Removal Tool) site, showing off the marks created in the rocks by DRT — a motorized, wire-bristle brush on the turret at the end of the rover's robotic arm — as well as a whitish vein that was revealed after the dust covering it was removed. Curiosity acquired this image using its Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI), a camera mounted on the turret at the end of the robotic arm, which provides close-up views of the minerals, textures, and structures in Martian rocks and the surface layer of rocky debris and dust. Using an onboard process, MAHLI merges two to eight images to make a composite image of the same target acquired at different focus positions, to bring many features into focus in a single image. Curiosity merged this composite on June 4, 2025 — Sol 4560. Or Martian day 4,560 of the Mars Science Laboratory Mission — at 12:33:42 UTC. NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

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Curiosity Rover's robotic arm workspace on mission sol 4554 (May 30, 2025) after a drive to the south-southwest of ~29 meters (~96 ft) and a climb of 2.6 meters (8.6ft). Assembled from 15 overlapping Bayer reconstructed L-MastCam sub-frame images. NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/fredk.

NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity acquired this image using its Front Hazard Avoidance Camera (Front Hazcam) on May 28, 2025 — Sol 4553, or Martian day 4,553 of the Mars Science Laboratory mission — at 04:48:55 UTC. NASA/JPL-Caltech

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Sol 4552 (May 27, 2025) after a drive to the southwest of 42.5 meters (~140 ft).

NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity acquired this image using its Left Navigation Camera on May 23, 2025 — Sol 4548, or Martian day 4,548 of the Mars Science Laboratory mission — at 07:17:19 UTC. NASA/JPL-Caltech

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This screenshot shows this drive path (yellow) The while dots on the drive path are end-of-drive waypoint markers

Assembled from a number of overlapping post drive engineering camera images using MS-ICE.

Bayer Reconstructed R-MastCam Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/fredk

4550 MAHLI captures the latest DRT action. The patch of the rock from which dust has been brushed away is about 47 mm by 62 mm

sol 4548 - May 23, 2025 - L-NavCam mosaic - NASA/JPL-Caltech

NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity acquired this image using its Left Navigation Camera on May 21, 2025 — Sol 4546, or Martian day 4,546 of the Mars Science Laboratory mission — at 05:05:33 UTC. NASA/JPL-Caltech

NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity acquired this image using its Left Navigation Camera on May 19, 2025 — Sol 4544, or Martian day 4,544 of the Mars Science Laboratory mission — at 02:23:29 UTC. NASA/JPL-Caltech

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Assembled / cropped from a pair of overlapping de-Bayered R-MastCam frames.

published May 20

Assembled from 10 overlapping mast camera images.

Published May 19, 2025

The rover just arrived at some extensive Polygon features :)

Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

Map

Mosaic of overlapping post-drive engineering images NASA/JPL-Caltech