Written by Benjamin Tutolo, Professor, University of Calgary

Written by William Farrand, Senior Research Scientist, Space Science Institute

Written by Michelle Minitti, MAHLI Deputy Principal Investigator

NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover reached the pinnacle — so far — of its 14-year-old mission on Aug. 26, 2026, when it marked an elevation gain of 1 kilometer in

By Susanne P. Schwenzer, Professor of Planetary Mineralogy at The Open University, UK

Written by Lucy Lim, Planetary Scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center

Written by Abigail Fraeman, Deputy Project Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology

Written by Lucy Thompson, Senior Research Scientist, University of New Brunswick, Canada

Written by Alex Innanen, Atmospheric Scientist at York University, Toronto

Written by Deborah Padgett, MSL Operations Product Ground System Task Lead at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Martian rocks are known to contain sulfur-bearing species, including sulfates and sulfides. These compounds record a sulfur cycle that operated over Mars’ geological evolution. We used the Curiosity r...

Written by William Farrand, Senior Research Scientist, Space Science Institute

Written by William Farrand, Senior Research Scientist, Space Science Institute

Written by Catherine O’Connell-Cooper, APXS Strategic Planner and Payload Uplink/Downlink Lead, University of New Brunswick, Canada

By Susanne P. Schwenzer, Professor of Planetary Mineralogy at The Open University, UK

Written by Abigail Fraeman, Deputy Project Scientist at Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology

Written by Lucy Lim, Planetary Scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Written by Michelle Minitti, MAHLI Deputy Principal Investigator

Written by William Farrand, Senior Research Scientist, Space Science Institute

This series of images shows NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover as it got a rock stuck to the drill on the end of its robotic arm and, after waving the arm and

Written by Sharon Wilson Purdy, Planetary Geologist at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

Written by Susanne P. Schwenzer, Professor of Planetary Mineralogy at The Open University, UK

Written by Lucy Thompson, APXS Strategic Planner and Planetary Geologist at the University of New Brunswick, Canada

Written by Deborah Padgett, MSL Operations Product Ground System Task Lead at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Written by Catherine O’Connell-Cooper, APXS Strategic Planner and Payload Uplink/Downlink Lead, University of New Brunswick, Canada

Written by William Farrand, Senior Research Scientist, Space Science Institute

Written by Ashley Stroupe, Operations Systems Engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory