Cat O'Connell-Cooper

Curiosity Blog, Sols 5036-5042: Watching the Clouds Go By Finishing the Basque Lake drill and cloud gazing on Mars Written by Alex Innanen, Atmospheric Scientist at York University @transmartian.bsky.social Earth planning date: Friday, Oct. 9, 2026 science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosi...

The six Mastcam shots that make up this panorama were captured by NASA’s Curiosity on Aug. 11. Unusually, this panorama was processed without the usual white balancing — an artistic choice that preserves the early morning appearance. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-c...

Curiosity Blog, Sols 5029-5035: Back in the Lab Written by Michelle Minitti, MAHLI Deputy Principal Investigator Earth planning date: Friday, Oct. 1, 2026 science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosi...

Curiosity Blog, Sols 5016–5021: Fantastic Minerals and How To Detect Them Written by Lucy Lim, Planetary Scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Earth planning date: Friday, Sept. 18, 2026 science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosi...

@the "Chocolatal" sand scuff, Curiosity used its nav cams to look down on the crater floor & the crater rim in the distance. Images taken on the 5,000th (@9:56 a.m) & 5,003rd (@5:39 p.m) sols (day) of the mission are merged here (bluer represents AM; yellow = PM). science.nasa.gov/photojournal...

MSL Curiosity: Sol 5014: End of drive Navcam mosaic; workspace MCAM mosaic; rover stats and traverse maps. Image credits: NASA-JPL/Caltech/MSSS. NCAM image stitch and data by P. Hammond. MCAM mosaic stitch by fredk. Maps by Jan Vacek @jv-honza.bsky.social

Curiosity Blog, Sols 5002-5009: Tough Planning To Learn More About Wind-Blown Sediments Written by Benjamin Tutolo, Professor, University of Calgary Earth planning date: Friday, Sept. 4, 2026 science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosi...

MSL Curiosity: Sol 5008: End of drive Navcam mosaic; workspace MCAM mosaic; FHAZ mosaic; rover stats and traverse maps. Image and map credits: NASA-JPL/Caltech/MSSS. NCAM image stitch and data by P. Hammond. MCAM mosaic stitch by fredk

MSL Curiosity Blog, Sols 4995-5001: 5,000 (Martian) Days on Mars Written by William Farrand, Senior Research Scientist, Space Science Institute Earth planning date: Friday, Aug. 28, 2026 science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosi...

Curiosity Blog, Sols 4988-4994: More New Tricks for an Old Dog Written by Michelle Minitti, MAHLI Deputy Principal Investigator Earth planning date: Friday, Aug. 21, 2026 science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosi...

MSL Curiosity: Sol 4994: End of drive Navcam mosaic; workspace MCAM mosaic; FHAZ mosaic; rover stats and traverse maps. Image and map credits: NASA-JPL/Caltech/MSSS. Image stitches and data by P. Hammond.

NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover marked an elevation gain of 1 km on Aug. 26, 2026. The mosaic image below looks back from the current position in "Valle Grande" toward the floor of Gale Crater, on Aug. 1 and 2, 2026, the 4,972-4973 sols (Martian days) of the mission. science.nasa.gov/mars/curiosi...

Curiosity Blog, Sols 4975-4981: Happy 14th Landing Anniversary By Susanne P. Schwenzer, Professor of Planetary Mineralogy at The Open University, UK @spsmars.bsky.social Earth planning date: Friday, Aug. 7, 2026 science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosi...

MSL Curiosity: Sol 4983: End of drive Navcam mosaic; workspace MCAM mosaic; traverse map; drive direction; rover stats. Image and map credits: NASA-JPL/Caltech/MSSS. Navcam stitch and data by P. Hammond. Mcam mosaic by fredk

MSL Curiosity: Sol 4977: End of drive Navcam mosaic; workspace MCAM mosaic; traverse map; rover stats; drive direction. Image and map credits: NASA-JPL/Caltech/MSSS. Navcam stitch, mcam mosaic and data by P. Hammond.

Curiosity Blog, Sols 4968-4974: Rock Climbing Towards the Discontinuity Written by Lucy Lim, Planetary Scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Earth planning date: Friday, July 31, 2026 science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosi...

MSL Curiosity: Sol 4973: End of drive Navcam mosaic; workspace MCAM mosaic and FHAZ image; traverse map; rover stats. Image and map credits: NASA-JPL/Caltech/MSSS. Navcam stitch and data by P. Hammond. MCAM mosaic by fredk

Curiosity Blog, Sols 4961-4967: Approaching a Break in the Rock Record? Written by Abigail Fraeman, Deputy Project Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology @abbyfrae.bsky.social Earth planning date: Friday, July 24, 2026 science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosi...

MSL Curiosity: Sol 4966: End of drive Navcam mosaic; workspace FHAZ image; traverse map; rover stats. Image and map credits: NASA-JPL/Caltech/MSSS. Navcam stitch and data by P. Hammond.

MSL Curiosity: Sol 4961: Mastcam mosaic of the yardangs. Image credits: NASA-JPL/Caltech/MSSS and fredk

Curiosity Blog, Sols 4954–4960: Celebrating Our Rover Engineers Past and Present Written by Lucy Thompson, Senior Research Scientist, University of New Brunswick, Canada Earth planning date: Friday, July 27, 2026 science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosi...

MSL Curiosity: Sol 4959: End of drive navcam mosaic; workspace Mastcam mosaic; traverse map; rover stats. Image credits: NASA-JPL/Caltech/MSSS. Mcam workspace stitch, Navcam stitch, and data by P. Hammond. Map by J. Vacek @jv-honza.bsky.social

MSL Curiosity: Sol 4953: End of drive navcam mosaic; workspace Mastcam mosaic; FHAZ image; traverse map; rover stats. Image and map credits: NASA-JPL/Caltech/MSSS. Mcam workspace stitch, Navcam stitch, and data by P. Hammond

Curiosity Blog, Sols 4947-4953: Gale Crater Then and Now Written by Alex Innanen, Atmospheric Scientist at York University, Toronto @transmartian.bsky.social Earth planning date: Friday, July 10, 2026 science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosi...

Curiosity Blog, Sols 4941-4947: (Pin)Stripes on the Fourth of July Written by Deborah Padgett, MSL Operations Product Ground System Task Lead at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory Earth planning date: Thursday, July 2, 2026 science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosi...

MSL Curiosity: Sol 4950: End of drive navcam mosaic; workspace Mastcam mosaic; FHAZ image; traverse map; rover stats. Image credits: NASA-JPL/Caltech/MSSS. Mcam workspace stitch by fredk; Navcam stitch, maps and data by P. Hammond

"A native sulfur deposit in Gale crater, Mars", Science, in press, doi: 10.1126/science.adu5501 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

MSL Curiosity: Sol 4948: End of drive navcam mosaic; workspace Mastcam mosaic; traverse maps; rover stats. Image credits: NASA-JPL/Caltech/MSSS. Mcam workspace stitch by fredk; Navcam stitch, map#2 and data by P. Hammond; map#1 by Jan Vacek

MSL Curiosity: Sol 4939: End of drive navcam mosaic; workspace Mastcam mosaic; traverse map; rover stats. Image credits: NASA-JPL/Caltech/MSSS. Mcam workspace stitch by fredk; Navcam stitch, maps and data by P. Hammond

Curiosity Blog, Sols 4934-4940: In the Land of the Polygons Written by William Farrand, Senior Research Scientist, Space Science Institute Earth planning date: Friday, June 26, 2026 science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosi...

Polygons galore! MSL Curiosity: Sol 4938: End of drive navcam mosaic; workspace Mastcam mosaic; traverse map; rover stats. Image credits: NASA-JPL/Caltech/MSSS. Mcam workspace stitch by fredk; Navcam stitch and data by P. Hammond; map by Jan Vacek

Curiosity Blog, Sols 4920-4926: Surveying the Bands Written by William Farrand, Senior Research Scientist, Space Science Institute Earth planning date: Friday, June 12, 2026 science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosi...

Curiosity Blog: Sols 4913-4919: Planetary explorers, freewheeling to the Yardang unit! Written by Catherine O’Connell-Cooper, APXS Strategic Planner and Payload Uplink/Downlink Lead, University of New Brunswick, Canada Earth planning day: Friday, June 5th, 2026 science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosi...

MSL Curiosity: Sol 4916: End of drive navcam mosaic; workspace Mastcam mosaic; traverse map; rover stats. Image credits: NASA-JPL/Caltech/MSSS; navcam stitch, data and map by P. Hammond

MSL Curiosity: Sol 4914: End of drive navcam mosaic; workspace Mastcam mosaic; traverse map; rover stats. Image credits: NASA-JPL/Caltech/MSSS; mastcam mosaic stitched by fredk; navcam stitch, data and map by Paul Hammond.

Curiosity Blog, Sols 4908-4912: Goodbye Campo Marte, It’s Been Fun! By Susanne P. Schwenzer, Professor of Planetary Mineralogy at The Open University, UK @spsmars.bsky.social Earth planning date: Friday, May 29, 2026 science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosi...

Curiosity Blog, Sols 4900-4907: Pasadena, We Have a Drill Sample! Written by Abigail Fraeman, Deputy Project Scientist at Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology @abbyfrae.bsky.social Earth planning date: Friday, May 22, 2026 science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosi...

Curiosity Blog, Sols 4893-4899: Drilling at Campo Marte and a Visit From the Psyche Spacecraft Written by Lucy Lim, Planetary Scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Earth planning date: Friday, May 15, 2026 science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosi...

MSL Curiosity: Sol 4893: End of drive navcam mosaic; workspace Mastcam mosaic; traverse map; rover stats. Image credits: NASA-JPL/Caltech/MSSS; mastcam mosaic stitched by fredk; navcam stitch, data and map by P. Hammond

Curiosity Blog, Sols 4879-4885: Struggle at Atacama Written by William Farrand, Senior Research Scientist, Space Science Institute Earth planning date: Friday, May 1, 2026 science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosi...

Watch Curiosity MSL free itself from the Atacama drill target! science.nasa.gov/photojournal...