Curiosity's latest workspace imaged on mission sol 4480 (March 14, 2025 ) after a drive of 24 meters (~79 ft). This composite image is assembled from 15 overlapping L-MastCam sub-frame images. The workspace covers an area about 2 meters (~6.5 feet) across, and shows details within the workspace accessible to the instruments and tools on the rover's 2 meter-long robotic arm. Image Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
Curiosity Rover - Sol 4497: Yet More interesting rock textures in this Bayer reconstructed R-MastCam. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/fredk
Another day, another drive for Perseverance rover. This short drive was completed during mission sol 1445 (March 14, 2025). Arriving at site 70.0.
Attached is a roughly processed post-drive 4-tile L-NavCam image, the drive data and screen capture of the mission map. The dogleg traverse distance was just 6.45 meters (~21 ft) west-northwest. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UofA.
Curiosity Rover mission update for Sols 4477-4478
Bumping Back to Business:
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Substituted image - Sol 4477 MAHLI mosaic. Image Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
Curiosity's latest workspace imaged on mission sol 4471 (March 5, 2025 ) after a drive of 19.6 meters (64.4 ft). This composite image is roughly assembled from 15 overlapping L-MastCam subframe images, the images were Bayer reconstructed prior to assembly.
Image Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/fredk
Curiosity Rover's latest workspace after a drive to the south of ~37 meters (120 ft) during Sol 4469. By the end the drive it had climbed nearly 4 meters (13 ft). The detailed data from the drive are attached as is a screenshot from the mission traverse map (with scale) and a post-drive L-NavCam image featuring the robotic arm workspace.
Meanwhile on Mars - We have the left side mast camera images of the sol 4456 robotic arm workspace. Attached is a mosaic of the 15 overlapping frames, the drive data and a screen capture of the mission map. The drive data is imported from JPLs waypoints URL, using LibreOffice Calc.
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Credits: NASA.JPL-Caltech/MSSS/fredk
Meanwhile on Mars: Sol 1420 (February 17, 2025) Perseverance rover has drilled a new sample hole, it's located adjacent to an earlier abrasion patch. This partial / roughly processed image was acquired by one of the rover's Hazard Avoidance Cameras and shows the new sample hole on the left and the abrasion patch on the right. For scale the patch has a diameter of close of 5 cm (2 inches). Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Meanwhile on Mars - Curiosity rover continues its traverse towards the west-southwest with another drive of ~35 meters. Attached is a post-drive left side navigation camera image of its new workspace, the drive data and a screen capture of the mission map (with scalebar), the sol 4452 traverse is highlighted by a yellow path.
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UofA
Another coring attempt, another empty sample tube!
Sol 1413 (February 10, 2025) Images are from one of Perseverance's Navigation cameras (NavCam) and its Sample Caching System Camera (CacheCam) at site 68.142. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech.
Making tracks on sol 1400:
A short drive to site 66.000. The new location is overlooking the earlier abrasion patch at site 64.2278 that the rover reached on sol 1363.
The attached image is a very roughly processed cropped mosaic of six L-NavCam tiles, this highlights some of the recent rover wheel tracks as it continues its exploration outside Jezero crater. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Mars Perseverance rover acquired this image using its Left Mastcam-Z telephoto camera (at full zoom, 110 mm).
Mastcam-Z is a pair of zoomable stereo cameras located high on the rover's mast.
This image was acquired on January 23, 2025 (Sol 1396) at the local mean solar time of 14:04:16.
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS
A closeup of the abrasion patch from the SHERLOC WATSON camera (unprocessed raw image).
This camera is located on the turret at the end of the rover's robotic arm.
This image was acquired on January 22, 2025 (Sol 1395) at the local mean solar time of 13:08:18.
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Meanwhile on Mars. Perseverance rover has resumed its activities!
Images of a new abrasion patch have just been received.
"Before and After" (very roughly processed) NavCam tiles, showing the ~5 cm diameter patch on fractured bedrock in the rover's workspace. They also show some movement of sand, pebbles and minor displacement of some sections of the rock.
Images are from sols 1381 & 1395.
Credits NASA/JPL-Caltech
Mars Guy - Episode 198 - Tales of a century-old coin on Mars
A 136 meter (446 ft) move to the west for Perseverance rover, its first drive of 2025, included a record 34.15 m (112 ft) move downslope on mission Sol 1380 (January 6, 2025). Attached is a roughly processed mosaic of 6 post-drive left-side NavCam tiles, a screen grab of the updated location map (with scale), and the JPL drive data. Image credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UofA.
Stunning landscapes and distant wreckage viewed from on high
Mars Guy - Episode 195
When Perseverance reached the crest of the rim of Jezero crater, it stopped to look back across terrain it had spent nearly four years exploring. This gave it an unprecedented view all the way to the distant wreckage of the spacecraft that delivered it.
Mastcam-Z images processed by Neville Thompson
Sol 1362: 6-tile post-drive cropped L-NavCam (roughly processed), the drive data and a screen capture from the official map are also attached.
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/UofA
Meanwhile on Mars!
A new abrasion patch, the first outside of Jezero crater. Imaged during Sol 1360 (December 17, 2024) using one of the rover's NavCam's (roughly processed / cropped). The rover is located at site 64.1568. For scale the patch has a diameter of 2 inches (50 mm). Image credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech
