Written by Lucy Thompson, Senior Research Scientist, University of New Brunswick, Canada Ground planning date: Friday, July 27, 2026 As the APXS uplink leader and strategic planner, I have the privilege of working with the rover engineers most days I am in operations. The APXS instrument measures the chemistry of rocks, unconsolidated materials and the
Written by Alex Innanen, atmospheric scientist at York University, Toronto Ground planning date: Friday, July 10, 2026 Curiosity had a successful long weekend and started this week ready to explore some more. We have been moving fairly quickly through different mapped “units,” or different geological areas of interest, visiting a different one at each of
Written by Deborah Padgett, MSL Operations Products Ground System Task Leader at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Land Planning Date: Thursday, July 2, 2026 Curiosity spent the week leading up to the July 4 holiday approaching a geologic boundary between a very smooth but somewhat sandy region and a rougher bedrock unit. Leaving the polygonal terrain