The rover’s close-up images also reveal tiny mineral nodules in places the team did not expect, adding a fresh layer of uncertainty to a long-debated geologic story. © NPS Photo/Kim Acker. Curiosity ...

NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover has been exploring a curious geological formation made up of ridges up to six feet in height for the last six months.

From orbit, the terrain looked like a tangle of giant spiders drawn across a Martian hillside. Up close, it looks even stranger — and far more useful. NASA’s Curiosity rover has spent about six months ...

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Curiosity has been exploring a region filled with boxwork formations, which formed billions of years ago when water leaked through rock cracks.

A new technology lets NASA’s Mars rover pinpoint its position within inches, drive farther on its own, and speed up exploration.

For about six months, NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has been exploring a region full of geologic formations called boxwork, low ridges standing roughly 3 to 6 feet (1 to 2 meters) tall with sandy ...

NASA and JPL enhanced Curiosity and Perseverance navigation using AutoNav, AEGIS, OBP, and Mars Global Localization to improve autonomous driving on Mars.

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Description Using its navigation cameras, NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover captured the five stereo pairs of images that make up this panorama on Feb. 2, 2026, the 1,762nd day, or sol, of the mission. A ...

Downloads Mars Global Localization Pinpoints Perseverance’s Location PNG (566.29 KB) PIA26705 animation MP4 (2.77 MB) Description These images were part of the first successful use of a new technology ...