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From June 13-17, 2022, four scientists from the USGS - Astrogeology Science Center worked in southeast Utah researching the Entrada Sandstone. Their...

The NASA Curiosity rover is leaving the Avanavero site.

The United Nations observes Asteroid Day every year on June 30 to raise awareness of the risks of asteroid impacts, coordinating events worldwide to...

The MSL team is very happy today because our first drill attempt since last November was successful!  The Front Hazcam image "above" shows the drill...

The USGS Astrogeology family has had the utmost privilege of working with and learning from the legendary astronomer Carolyn S. Shoemaker (1929 –2021)...

The Sol 3483 drive completed as planned, positioning the rover near several outcrops of knobby material and more "normal" looking bedrock. The...

It’s been a challenging week in Gale crater, but Curiosity and the rover team are ready to put those challenges behind us as we head into a busy...

While angular, pointy rocks have damaged the rover's wheels since early in the MSL mission, sometimes the wheels damage rocks as the rover drives over...

Every year scientists at the Astrogeology Science Center gear-up for the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, where we share our work and new...

The original plan for today was to do a short drive to get within reach of some interesting new rocks. But after studying all of the images from our...