Curiosity Postcard Celebrates Rover’s 5,000th Day on Mars
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NASA's Curiosity rover, parked at a sand ridge nicknamed "Chocolatal," used its black-and-white navigation cameras to mark its 5,000th day on Mars. It captured panoramas at two different times of day, one on Aug. 30, 2026 at 9:56 a.m. local Mars time and another on Sep. 2, 2026 at 5:39 p.m. local Mars time.
Description While parked at a sand ridge nicknamed “Chocolatal,” NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover used its black-and-white navigation cameras to capture panoramas at two times of day. The first was taken on Aug. 30, 2026, at 9:56 a.m. local Mars time; the second was taken on Sep. 2, 2026, at 5:39 p.m. local Mars time. Those […]
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