#Curiosity Rover

[theofficialastronomy101]

(UPDATED W PHOTOS) NASA's Curiosity rover ran over a rock and found crystals inside! They're pure sulfur. Elemental sulfur is something we've never seen before on Mars. We don't know much about these yellow crystals yet, but the team is already at work to figure it out!

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At the time of posting (5:17 UTC) Curiosity has been on Mars for 11 Earth years!

There's a post claiming that Curiosity sings itself happy birthday each year - it did it's first year, but it hasn't since. Power is an in-demand resource, especially this year when we're in the dead of winter with an aging battery and still trying to pack in science as we climb Mount Sharp!

This past earth year has been a great one for the decade-old rover. We crossed into the sulfate region, which contains more "salty" minerals which probably formed later in Mars' history when the planet was transitioning from its wet past to its dry present.

Despite this we still saw evidence of past water, which we thought we'd left behind lower down the mountain!

We're not just looking down with our robot geologist - the present climate is a treasure trove. It's the middle of the cloudy season on Mars, and earlier this year Curiosity saw some stunning twilight clouds lit by the just-set sun. This included seeing crepuscular rays for the first time on Mars, and a stunning, feather-like cloud.

Curiosity has faced challenging terrain from the hard rocks of the marker band to the slippy slidy ridge it navigated quite recently, but 11 years after landing it's still going strong with a team back on earth helping it navigate the challenges it faces.

Happy Earth birthday, Curiosity 🥳

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Mars Planet by Curiosity Rover, 2024

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This Zenith Movie was taken on Sol 1222 (2016-01-13) at approximately 9:52 LTST and a solar longitude of 94.64°. (What is this?)

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martian sunset by the curiosity rover

[whereserpentswalk]

I don't have a logical reason for it but the quotes "Tell the emperor that my hall has fallen. Apollo no longer has his house, nor his mantic bay, nor his prophetic spring; the water has gone quite." And "My battery is low and it's getting dark" have the same energy to them. Perhaps on occasion, the machine and divine can speak the same poetry.

[mindblowingscience]

Currently in the twelfth year of its mission, NASA's Curiosity rover continues to press on while treading the world of Mars, delving into areas no rover has gone before. The latest phase of Curiosity's adventure has brought it to what some scientists believe is the desiccated bed of an ancient river.  As Curiosity prepares to follow Gediz Vallis, as scientists call this winding and boulder-choked channel, it will try to give scientists a look back through time so they can discover how the landform came to be in the first place

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A hole drilled on Mars by Curiosity Rover, one of 36 holes drilled.

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Possible lava flow on Mars seen by curiosity rover on SOL 4137

[theofficialastronomy101]

A 1500 Kilometer long lonely clouds spotted on Mars.

[stellanix]

!!!!!! the curiosity rover found elemental sulfur crystals on mars for the first time!!!!!!

pure sulfur isn't something scientists would expect to find in the environment the curiosity rover is exploring, which is exciting! it means there's some gap in our knowledge of the site's geological history, and learning how the sulfur got there will teach us something new about mars and its history

finding the unexpected is really the most fun thing about science, and this news made my day ^^

[beardedmrbean]

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This Cloud Shadow Movie / Zenith Movie pair was taken on Sol 2467 (2019-07-16) at approximately 14:53 LTST and a solar longitude of 53.21°. (What is this?)

[lily-avara]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CURIOSITY!!!

🎉HAPPY THIRTEENTH🎉

[pepperedart]

My mars gremlins,,,