NASA's Mars Curiosity Rover—New June 2022 Images | JPL

NASA's Mars Curiosity Rover—New June 2022 Images | JPL

MSL - Sol 926 - MastCam

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill

MSL - Sol 3491 - MAHLI

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill

MSL - Sol 3495 - Mastcam

Image Credit:NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill

MSL - Sol 3495 - Mastcam

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill

MSL - Sol 3495 - Mastcam

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill

MSL - Sol 647 - MAHLI - Radiometricly Corrected

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill

MSL - Sol 647 - MAHLI - White Balanced

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill

Curiosity Rover Update: Sols 3493-3495

"We’re up close to a nifty layered outcrop, which is getting lots of imaging including ChemCam LIBS on targets ‘Rukumata’ and ‘Guarico,' a ChemCam mosaic on ‘Kamakusa,’ MAHLI dogs-eye imaging of ‘Tabaco’ and the DRT location ‘Issano,’ which will also have APXS on it. Mastcam will also be imaging Issano pre- and post-DRT for comparison, and taking a mosaic of the outcrop as a whole. Off the outcrop, ChemCam is also doing LIBS on ‘Sisipelin,’ which Mastcam will also image, and ChemCam and Mastcam are both taking mosaics further afield towards the Gediz Vallis Ridge."

"Imaging the crater rim can help us to characterize the amount of dust in the atmosphere, which is especially important in the dusty season. Aside from the crater rim observations, we are also trying to catch dust devils with a dust devil survey and movie, keeping an eye on the clouds with a few cloud movies, and taking Mastcam tau observations as an additional way to quantify the amount of dust in the atmosphere."

"After this marathon of observations, we’ll drive about 30 m further and finish up the weekend with a morning ENV block with our weekly AM cloud and dust observations."

Caption Credit: Alex Innanen  

Release Date: June 4, 2022

Mission Name: Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)

Rover Name: Curiosity

Main Job: To determine if Mars was ever habitable to microbial life. 

Launch: November 6, 2011

Landing: August 5, 2012, Gale Crater, Mars

For more information on NASA's Mars missions, visit mars.nasa.gov

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Arizona State University/Kevin M. Gill

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