Cat O'Connell-Cooper
@mars-cat.bsky.social
Martian geologist (PhD👨🎓) ⛏. MSL APXS team member.
From Ireland but living in eastern Canada
From Ireland but living in eastern Canada
MSL Curiosity Blog, Sols 4716-4722: Drilling Success at Nevado Sajama
Written by Michelle Minitti, MAHLI Deputy Principal Investigator at Framework
Earth planning date: Friday, Nov. 14, 2025
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Written by Michelle Minitti, MAHLI Deputy Principal Investigator at Framework
Earth planning date: Friday, Nov. 14, 2025
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4716-4722: Drilling Success at Nevado Sajama - NASA Science
Written by Michelle Minitti, MAHLI Deputy Principal Investigator at Framework
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November 18, 2025 at 8:19 PM
MSL Curiosity Blog, Sols 4716-4722: Drilling Success at Nevado Sajama
Written by Michelle Minitti, MAHLI Deputy Principal Investigator at Framework
Earth planning date: Friday, Nov. 14, 2025
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Written by Michelle Minitti, MAHLI Deputy Principal Investigator at Framework
Earth planning date: Friday, Nov. 14, 2025
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4709-4715: Drilling High and Low in the Boxwork Unit
Written by Catherine O’Connell-Cooper, APXS Strategic Planner and Payload Uplink/Downlink Lead, University of New Brunswick, Canada
Earth planning date: Friday, November 7th, 2025
#mars
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Written by Catherine O’Connell-Cooper, APXS Strategic Planner and Payload Uplink/Downlink Lead, University of New Brunswick, Canada
Earth planning date: Friday, November 7th, 2025
#mars
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4709-4715: Drilling High and Low in the Boxwork Unit - NASA Science
Written by Catherine O’Connell-Cooper, APXS Strategic Planner and Payload Uplink/Downlink Lead, University of New Brunswick, Canada
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November 18, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Curiosity Blog, Sols 4709-4715: Drilling High and Low in the Boxwork Unit
Written by Catherine O’Connell-Cooper, APXS Strategic Planner and Payload Uplink/Downlink Lead, University of New Brunswick, Canada
Earth planning date: Friday, November 7th, 2025
#mars
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Written by Catherine O’Connell-Cooper, APXS Strategic Planner and Payload Uplink/Downlink Lead, University of New Brunswick, Canada
Earth planning date: Friday, November 7th, 2025
#mars
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4702-4708: It’s Only Spooky Here on Earth Today!
By Susanne P. Schwenzer, Professor of Planetary Mineralogy at The Open University, U.K.
@spsmars.bsky.social
Earth planning date: Friday, Oct. 31, 2025
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By Susanne P. Schwenzer, Professor of Planetary Mineralogy at The Open University, U.K.
@spsmars.bsky.social
Earth planning date: Friday, Oct. 31, 2025
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4702-4708: It’s Only Spooky Here on Earth Today! - NASA Science
By Susanne P. Schwenzer, Professor of Planetary Mineralogy at The Open University, U.K.
science.nasa.gov
November 17, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Curiosity Blog, Sols 4702-4708: It’s Only Spooky Here on Earth Today!
By Susanne P. Schwenzer, Professor of Planetary Mineralogy at The Open University, U.K.
@spsmars.bsky.social
Earth planning date: Friday, Oct. 31, 2025
science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosi...
By Susanne P. Schwenzer, Professor of Planetary Mineralogy at The Open University, U.K.
@spsmars.bsky.social
Earth planning date: Friday, Oct. 31, 2025
science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosi...
Curiosity Blog, Sols 4695-4701: Searching for Answers at Monte Grande
Written by William Farrand, Senior Research Scientist, Space Science Institute
Earth planning date: Friday, Oct. 24, 2025
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Written by William Farrand, Senior Research Scientist, Space Science Institute
Earth planning date: Friday, Oct. 24, 2025
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4695-4701: Searching for Answers at Monte Grande - NASA Science
Written by William Farrand, Senior Research Scientist, Space Science Institute
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November 17, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Curiosity Blog, Sols 4695-4701: Searching for Answers at Monte Grande
Written by William Farrand, Senior Research Scientist, Space Science Institute
Earth planning date: Friday, Oct. 24, 2025
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Written by William Farrand, Senior Research Scientist, Space Science Institute
Earth planning date: Friday, Oct. 24, 2025
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4689-4694: Drill in the Boxwork Unit is GO!
Written by Catherine O'Connell-Cooper, APXS Payload Uplink/Downlink Lead, University of New Brunswick, Canada
Earth planning date: Friday, Oct. 17, 2025
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Written by Catherine O'Connell-Cooper, APXS Payload Uplink/Downlink Lead, University of New Brunswick, Canada
Earth planning date: Friday, Oct. 17, 2025
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4689-4694: Drill in the Boxwork Unit is GO! - NASA Science
Written by Catherine O'Connell-Cooper, APXS Payload Uplink/Downlink Lead, University of New Brunswick
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November 14, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Curiosity Blog, Sols 4689-4694: Drill in the Boxwork Unit is GO!
Written by Catherine O'Connell-Cooper, APXS Payload Uplink/Downlink Lead, University of New Brunswick, Canada
Earth planning date: Friday, Oct. 17, 2025
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Written by Catherine O'Connell-Cooper, APXS Payload Uplink/Downlink Lead, University of New Brunswick, Canada
Earth planning date: Friday, Oct. 17, 2025
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4682-4688: Seven Mars Years
Written by Diana Hayes, Graduate Student at York University, Toronto @dchayes.ca
Earth planning date: Friday, Oct. 10, 2025
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Written by Diana Hayes, Graduate Student at York University, Toronto @dchayes.ca
Earth planning date: Friday, Oct. 10, 2025
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4682-4688: Seven Mars Years - NASA Science
Written by Diana Hayes, Graduate Student at York University, Toronto
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November 14, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Curiosity Blog, Sols 4682-4688: Seven Mars Years
Written by Diana Hayes, Graduate Student at York University, Toronto @dchayes.ca
Earth planning date: Friday, Oct. 10, 2025
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Written by Diana Hayes, Graduate Student at York University, Toronto @dchayes.ca
Earth planning date: Friday, Oct. 10, 2025
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4675-4681: Deciding Where to Dig Into the Boxworks
Written by Michelle Minitti, MAHLI Deputy Principal Investigator at Framework
Earth planning date: Friday, Oct. 3, 2025
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Written by Michelle Minitti, MAHLI Deputy Principal Investigator at Framework
Earth planning date: Friday, Oct. 3, 2025
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4675-4681: Deciding Where to Dig Into the Boxworks - NASA Science
Written by Michelle Minitti, MAHLI Deputy Principal Investigator at Framework
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November 14, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Curiosity Blog, Sols 4675-4681: Deciding Where to Dig Into the Boxworks
Written by Michelle Minitti, MAHLI Deputy Principal Investigator at Framework
Earth planning date: Friday, Oct. 3, 2025
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Written by Michelle Minitti, MAHLI Deputy Principal Investigator at Framework
Earth planning date: Friday, Oct. 3, 2025
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Curiosity MSL_sol 4711: Mastcam mosaic focused on the potential "Nevado Sajama" ridge drill target, rover stats and map, plus navcam mosaic of the landscape around us (thanks to @paulhammond1.bsky.social)
Image credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Image credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech
November 13, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Curiosity MSL_sol 4711: Mastcam mosaic focused on the potential "Nevado Sajama" ridge drill target, rover stats and map, plus navcam mosaic of the landscape around us (thanks to @paulhammond1.bsky.social)
Image credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Image credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Our paper on the geochemistry of interdune bodies in Gale crater was published yesterday.
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APXS Derived Geochemistry of Shallow Water Lens Bodies Within the Mirador Formation, Gale Crater, Mars—Evidence for Intermittent Wet Periods and Implications for the Water Record
We present Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer data for interdune bodies in the Contigo member of the Mirador formation, Gale crater
We interpret the lenses to represent a mixing between the host M...
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November 2, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Our paper on the geochemistry of interdune bodies in Gale crater was published yesterday.
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Curiosity MSL: Drill hole #44!!
Credit: This image was taken by MAST_RIGHT onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 4693 (2025-10-19T02:04:29.000Z)
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Credit: This image was taken by MAST_RIGHT onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 4693 (2025-10-19T02:04:29.000Z)
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Sol 4693: Mast Camera (Mastcam) – NASA Mars Exploration
This image was taken by Mast Camera (Mastcam) onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 4693 (2025-10-19 02:04:29 UTC).
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October 21, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Curiosity MSL: Drill hole #44!!
Credit: This image was taken by MAST_RIGHT onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 4693 (2025-10-19T02:04:29.000Z)
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Credit: This image was taken by MAST_RIGHT onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 4693 (2025-10-19T02:04:29.000Z)
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MSL Curiosity sol_4680 - Mastcam mosaic of the drive direction, looking across the boxworks unit.
NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
(thanks to @paulhammond1.bsky.social )
NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
(thanks to @paulhammond1.bsky.social )
October 9, 2025 at 12:32 PM
MSL Curiosity sol_4680 - Mastcam mosaic of the drive direction, looking across the boxworks unit.
NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
(thanks to @paulhammond1.bsky.social )
NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
(thanks to @paulhammond1.bsky.social )
MSL Curiosity_sol 4680: mastcam workspace, rover stats and maps, plus navcam mosaic of the landscape around us, and a mastcam mosaic of the road ahead in the drive direction (thanks to @paulhammond1.bsky.social )
October 9, 2025 at 12:29 PM
MSL Curiosity_sol 4680: mastcam workspace, rover stats and maps, plus navcam mosaic of the landscape around us, and a mastcam mosaic of the road ahead in the drive direction (thanks to @paulhammond1.bsky.social )
MSL Curiosity_sol 4673: Mastcam workspace, rover stats and localization maps (thanks to @paulhammond1.bsky.social )
October 3, 2025 at 2:28 PM
MSL Curiosity_sol 4673: Mastcam workspace, rover stats and localization maps (thanks to @paulhammond1.bsky.social )
MSL Curiosity: sol 4671 rover stats, Mastcam workspace and maps (thanks @paulhammond1.bsky.social)
September 30, 2025 at 1:08 PM
MSL Curiosity: sol 4671 rover stats, Mastcam workspace and maps (thanks @paulhammond1.bsky.social)
Curiosity Blog, Sols 4668-4674: Winding Our Way Along
Written by Alex Innanen, Atmospheric Scientist at York University, Toronto, Canada
@transmartian.bsky.social
Earth planning date: Friday, Sept. 26, 2025
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Written by Alex Innanen, Atmospheric Scientist at York University, Toronto, Canada
@transmartian.bsky.social
Earth planning date: Friday, Sept. 26, 2025
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4668-4674: Winding Our Way Along - NASA Science
Written by Alex Innanen, Atmospheric Scientist at York University
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September 30, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Curiosity Blog, Sols 4668-4674: Winding Our Way Along
Written by Alex Innanen, Atmospheric Scientist at York University, Toronto, Canada
@transmartian.bsky.social
Earth planning date: Friday, Sept. 26, 2025
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Written by Alex Innanen, Atmospheric Scientist at York University, Toronto, Canada
@transmartian.bsky.social
Earth planning date: Friday, Sept. 26, 2025
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Curiosity MSL sol 4667: workspace mcam image, rover stats and maps (thanks to @paulhammond1.bsky.social and fredk)
September 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Curiosity MSL sol 4667: workspace mcam image, rover stats and maps (thanks to @paulhammond1.bsky.social and fredk)
Curiosity Blog, Sols 4661-4667: Peaking Into the Hollows
By Susanne P. Schwenzer, Professor of Planetary Mineralogy at The Open University, UK @spsmars.bsky.social
Earth planning date: Friday, Sept. 19, 2025
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By Susanne P. Schwenzer, Professor of Planetary Mineralogy at The Open University, UK @spsmars.bsky.social
Earth planning date: Friday, Sept. 19, 2025
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4661-4667: Peaking Into the Hollows - NASA Science
By Susanne P. Schwenzer, Professor of Planetary Mineralogy at The Open University, UK
science.nasa.gov
September 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Curiosity Blog, Sols 4661-4667: Peaking Into the Hollows
By Susanne P. Schwenzer, Professor of Planetary Mineralogy at The Open University, UK @spsmars.bsky.social
Earth planning date: Friday, Sept. 19, 2025
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By Susanne P. Schwenzer, Professor of Planetary Mineralogy at The Open University, UK @spsmars.bsky.social
Earth planning date: Friday, Sept. 19, 2025
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Curiosity MSL: sol 4662 workspace views (Mastcam and Navcam), rover stats and traverse maps - thanks to @paulhammond1.bsky.social
September 19, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Curiosity MSL: sol 4662 workspace views (Mastcam and Navcam), rover stats and traverse maps - thanks to @paulhammond1.bsky.social
Curiosity Blog, Sols 4629-4630: Feeling Hollow
Written by Elena Amador-French, Science Operations Coordinator at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Earth planning date: Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025
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Written by Elena Amador-French, Science Operations Coordinator at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Earth planning date: Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4629-4630: Feeling Hollow - NASA Science
Written by Elena Amador-French, Science Operations Coordinator at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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August 18, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Curiosity Blog, Sols 4629-4630: Feeling Hollow
Written by Elena Amador-French, Science Operations Coordinator at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Earth planning date: Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025
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Written by Elena Amador-French, Science Operations Coordinator at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Earth planning date: Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025
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Earth planning date: Monday Aug. 11, 2025
Written by Lucy Lim, Planetary Scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
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Written by Lucy Lim, Planetary Scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4627-4628: A Ridge Stop in the Boxworks - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Monday Aug. 11, 2025
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August 15, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Earth planning date: Monday Aug. 11, 2025
Written by Lucy Lim, Planetary Scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
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Written by Lucy Lim, Planetary Scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
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Curiosity MSL_sol_4628: rover stats and location @paulhammond1.bsky.social
Workspace processed by NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/fredk
@mapperwocky.bsky.social
Workspace processed by NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/fredk
@mapperwocky.bsky.social
August 14, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Curiosity MSL_sol_4628: rover stats and location @paulhammond1.bsky.social
Workspace processed by NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/fredk
@mapperwocky.bsky.social
Workspace processed by NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/fredk
@mapperwocky.bsky.social
Curiosity Blog, Sols 4624-4626: A Busy Weekend at the Boxwork
Written by Alex Innanen, Atmospheric Scientist at York University, Toronto, Canada
@transmartian.bsky.social
Earth planning date: Friday, Aug. 8, 2025
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Written by Alex Innanen, Atmospheric Scientist at York University, Toronto, Canada
@transmartian.bsky.social
Earth planning date: Friday, Aug. 8, 2025
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4624-4626: A Busy Weekend at the Boxwork - NASA Science
Written by Alex Innanen, Atmospheric Scientist at York University
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August 14, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Curiosity Blog, Sols 4624-4626: A Busy Weekend at the Boxwork
Written by Alex Innanen, Atmospheric Scientist at York University, Toronto, Canada
@transmartian.bsky.social
Earth planning date: Friday, Aug. 8, 2025
science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosi...
Written by Alex Innanen, Atmospheric Scientist at York University, Toronto, Canada
@transmartian.bsky.social
Earth planning date: Friday, Aug. 8, 2025
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Curiosity MSL: Navcam mosaic, sol_4623, in the Boxworks
(NASA/JPL-Caltech/Kevin M. Gill)
(from Flickr page www.flickr.com/photos/kevin...)
@kevinmgill.bsky.social
(NASA/JPL-Caltech/Kevin M. Gill)
(from Flickr page www.flickr.com/photos/kevin...)
@kevinmgill.bsky.social
August 12, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Curiosity MSL: Navcam mosaic, sol_4623, in the Boxworks
(NASA/JPL-Caltech/Kevin M. Gill)
(from Flickr page www.flickr.com/photos/kevin...)
@kevinmgill.bsky.social
(NASA/JPL-Caltech/Kevin M. Gill)
(from Flickr page www.flickr.com/photos/kevin...)
@kevinmgill.bsky.social
Happy Landiversary Curiosity!!
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Written by Abigail Fraeman, Deputy Project Scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory
@abbyfrae.bsky.social
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Written by Abigail Fraeman, Deputy Project Scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory
@abbyfrae.bsky.social
Curiosity Blog, Sols 4622-4623: Kicking Off (Earth) Year 14 With an Investigation of Veins - NASA Science
Written by Abigail Fraeman, Deputy Project Scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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August 7, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Happy Landiversary Curiosity!!
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Written by Abigail Fraeman, Deputy Project Scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory
@abbyfrae.bsky.social
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Written by Abigail Fraeman, Deputy Project Scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory
@abbyfrae.bsky.social
Curiosity Blog, Sols 4618-4619: The Boxwork Structures Continue to Call to Us
Written by Ashley Stroupe, Mission Operations Engineer and Rover Planner at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Earth planning date: Friday, Aug. 1, 2025.
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Written by Ashley Stroupe, Mission Operations Engineer and Rover Planner at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Earth planning date: Friday, Aug. 1, 2025.
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4618-4619: The Boxwork Structures Continue to Call to Us - NASA Science
Written by Ashley Stroupe, Mission Operations Engineer and Rover Planner at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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August 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Curiosity Blog, Sols 4618-4619: The Boxwork Structures Continue to Call to Us
Written by Ashley Stroupe, Mission Operations Engineer and Rover Planner at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Earth planning date: Friday, Aug. 1, 2025.
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Written by Ashley Stroupe, Mission Operations Engineer and Rover Planner at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Earth planning date: Friday, Aug. 1, 2025.
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