Abigail Fraeman

Curiosity Blog, Sols 4622-4623: Kicking Off (Earth) Year 14 With an Investigation of Veins - NASA Science Written by Abigail Fraeman, Deputy Project Scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Happy Landiversary Curiosity. <3

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Marking 13 Years on Mars, NASA’s Curiosity Picks Up New Skills - NASA New capabilities allow the rover to do science with less energy from its batteries.

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Our JPL engineers continue to blow my mind with their talent. Squeezing every drop of science out of our wonderful rover that we can!

(h/t to @dougellison.bsky.social for making my late night request to acquire this Navcam postcard a reality. The view was too good!)

Image sent back by Curiosity Mars rover

Image sent back by Curiosity Mars rover

Image sent back by Curiosity Mars rover

The Curiosity rover is sending back some jaw-droppingly gorgeous views from Mars right now... Well done everyone on the camera teams|! Just look at this glorious detail and lighting...! Images: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/fredk/S Atkinson

It's just a (very convincing) optical illusion... it's actually a dust covered rock and the dust is nearly the same color as the unit behind it, making it look like a window. Good eye!

Can't stop staring at these new views of crazy yardang unit!!! (The light colored cliffs that are furthest away)

Rocks and sand. NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill

Stunning late afternoon view of the lower boxworks from the Mars Curiosity Rover, taken with MastCam on Sol 4547.

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Photo of a waterfall surrounded by green plants.

View of a waterfall surrounded by misty mountains

Close up of rain drops on a leaf

Monday moment of zen: Photos from last Saturday's hike to Trail Canyon Falls, just a 30 min drive from Pasadena.

There were not many people out during the late afternoon on that drizzly day, and we ended up having the falls all to ourselves. Pure magic.

The boxwork structure captured by Curiosity's navigation camera earlier today

#Mars May 16, 2025 - Sol 4541 🧪🔭
Credit images: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Light finds a way through. #photography

Yup! Beautiful processing!

Proposed NASA cuts in context, courtesy of the Planetary Society #astronomy #science

aaaagggghhhh thanks!

Oh no! Something got messed up in the links - thanks for pointing out! Wish I could edit...

Paper! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Perspective! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Really proud of this.

Amazing detective work lead by the brilliant Ben Tutolo, made possible by the entire Curiosity Mars Rover team.

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Perspective: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Oh hey! It's me, here to drop some truth on your beautiful but fake images!

:)

Beautiful early morning light on Mars

Cette vue a été acquise par la caméra de navigation NavCam Right du rover martien Curiosity au sol 4505, le 8 avril 2025, à 7h10 heure locale. La colline à droite, dont un flanc est plongé dans l'ombre, a été baptisée Gould Mesa. Elle est haute de 30m. Au loin, on distingue clairement le rempart du cratère Gale grâce à la faible opacité de l'atmosphère en cette saison.

Alors que la situation sur Terre n'est pas des plus paisibles, le rover Curiosity poursuit son exploration du cratère Gale.
Cette sublime vue a été assemblée à partir d'images acquises hier, à 7h heure martienne. A droite s'élève Gould Mesa, haute de 30 m.
© NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Thomas Appéré

Black-and-white photo from the Curiosity rover of a rocky desert terrain, shadowy in the low sunlight. Scattered rocks and ripples of dust in the foreground. In the middle distance rises a layered hill of rock. The crater rim appears as a mountain range on the distant horizon.

Sometimes it's "safe travels" and sometimes it's Ed Abbey: "May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view."

Gale Crater, Mars, on Tuesday.

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Emily said it perfectly.

You do!

In love with this new photo from the Hera spacecraft showing the "backside" of Deimos aka weird little space potato full of mystery!

Early morning light illuminating the hills of Mt. Sharp's sulfate unit. Imaged last week by Curiosity.

Friendship bracelet that says "Curiosity 2011" and also has six hematite beads representing rover wheels.

So obsessed with the amazing friendship bracelet @elakdawalla.bsky.social handed me during yesterday's poster session at #LPSC2025. Do you see the six hematite rover wheels? Eeeee!!!! <3

THIS IS SO COOL

WOAH THIS IS AMAZING

The Planetary Society: reported cuts to NASA would amount to an… The Planetary Society, the world’s largest independent space interest organization, issued a statement in response to recent reports that the White House…

There are reports that the WH plans to cut NASA's science budget by 50%. This would devastate space science for generations. There is no "oopsie undo" button for such a cut. There are no private or commercial paths to replacing this support. Our space science research capacity would simply be lost.

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Lunar Trailblazer sets out to find water on the moon The Lunar Trailblazer orbiter's launch window opens Feb 26. It's catching a ride with Intuitive Machines IM-2 mission which is landing on the moon near the south pole. Both have instruments for lookin...

The Lunar Trailblazer orbiter's launch window opens Feb 26. It's catching a ride with Intuitive Machines IM-2 mission which is landing on the moon near the south pole. Both have instruments for looking for water.

Also internal mantle water is surprisingly refreshing...