Diamond Member SpaceMan 0 Posted 11 hours ago Diamond Member Share Posted 11 hours ago 2 Min Read NASA’s Curiosity Takes Close Look at Rock That Got Stuck on Drill This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up PIA26724 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS Photojournal Navigation This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up NASA’s Curiosity Takes Close… This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up Downloads This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up NASA’s Curiosity Takes Close Look at Rock That Got Stuck on Drill PNG (20.94 MB) Description NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover used its Mast Camera, or Mastcam, to capture this view of a rock nicknamed “Atacama” on May 6, 2026, the 4,877th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. The rock had gotten This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up on the end of Curiosity’s robotic arm on April 25. Engineers spent several days repositioning the arm and vibrating the drill to try and get the rock loose, finally detaching the rock on May 1. Atacama is estimated to be 1.5 feet in diameter at its base and 6 inches thick. It would weigh roughly 28.6 pounds (13 kilograms) on Earth (and about a third of that on Mars). The circular hole produced by Curiosity’s drill is visible in the rock. This mosaic is made up of eight images that were stitched together after being sent back to Earth. The color has been approximately white-balanced to resemble how the scene would appear under daytime lighting conditions on Earth. Curiosity was built by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which is managed by Caltech in Pasadena, California. JPL leads the mission on behalf of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate in Washington as part of NASA’s Mars Exploration Program portfolio. Malin Space Science Systems in San Diego built and operates Mastcam. To learn more about Curiosity, visit: This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up Keep Exploring Discover More Topics From Photojournal Photojournal This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up Search Photojournal This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up Photojournal’s Latest Content This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up Feedback This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up 0 Quote Link to comment https://hopzone.eu/forums/topic/312758-nasa-nasa%E2%80%99s-curiosity-takes-close-look-at-rock-that-got-stuck-on-drill/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
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