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Posts by Cat O'Connell-Cooper
Curiosity Blog, Sols 4852–4858: When Data Take Their Time…
Written by Susanne P. Schwenzer, Professor of Planetary Mineralogy at The Open University, UK
Earth planning date: Friday, April 3, 2026
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4845-4851: Bye-Bye Boxwork, Bye-Bye
Written by Lucy Thompson, APXS Strategic Planner and Planetary Geologist at the University of New Brunswick, Canada
Earth planning date: Friday, March 27, 2026
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MSL Curiosity: Sol 4857: End of drive navcam mosaic looking towards the yardang unit; workspace Mastcam mosaic; traverse map; rover stats.
Image credits: NASA-JPL/Caltech/MSSS; mastcam mosaic stitched by fredk; navcam stitch, data and map by P. Hammond
MSL Curiosity: Sol 4848: End of drive navcam mosaic looking towards the yardang unit; workspace Mastcam mosaic; traverse map; rover stats.
Image credits: NASA-JPL/Caltech/MSSS; mastcam mosaic stitched by fredk; navcam stitch, data and map by P. Hammond
Curiosity Blog, Sols 4838-4844: Wrapping Up the Boxwork Terrain
Written by Deborah Padgett, MSL Operations Product Ground System Task Lead at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Earth planning date: Friday, March 20, 2026
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MSL Curiosity: Sol 4845: End of drive and workspace Mastcam mosaics; rover stats and traverse map.
Image credits: NASA-JPL/Caltech/MSSS; mosaics stitched by fredk
Data and map compiled by P. Hammond
Curiosity Blog, Sols 4832–4837: Driving the (Contact) Line!
Written by Catherine O’Connell-Cooper, APXS Strategic Planner and Payload Uplink/Downlink Lead, University of New Brunswick, Canada
Earth planning date: Friday, March 13, 2026
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MSL Curiosity Blog, Sols 4825-4831: Exploring the Borderlands
Written by William Farrand, Senior Research Scientist, Space Science Institute
Earth planning date: Friday, March 6, 2026
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MSL Curiosity: Sol 4830: End of drive and workspace Mastcam mosaics; rover stats and traverse map.
Image credits: NASA-JPL/Caltech/MSSS; mosaics stitched by fredk
Data and map compiled by P. Hammond
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MSL Curiosity Blog, Sols 4818-4824: Thinking Out of the Boxwork
Written by Ashley Stroupe, Operations Systems Engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Earth planning date: Friday, Feb. 27, 2026
Curiosity MSL: sol 4816 drive data and map, Navcam mosaic and workspace.
Image credits: NASA-JPL/Caltech/MSSS
Navcam mosaic stitching, drive map and data - P. Hammond
Mastcam mosaic stitching - fredk
Curiosity Blog, Sols 4812-4819: Back Into the Hollows
Written by Diana Hayes, Graduate student at York University, Toronto, Canada @dchayes.ca
Earth planning date: Friday, Feb. 20, 2026
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MSL Curiosity - sol4810 Mastcam Left image of the ridges and hollows; Navcam (B&W) image; rover stats and maps.
Image credits:
Raw images: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
Stitching and data compilation: P.Hammond
MSL Curiosity - sol4810 Mastcam workspace
15 deBayered MastCams sharpened and assembled in MS-ICE
Image credits:
Raw images: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
Stitching: P.Hammond
Curiosity Blog Sols 4804-4811: Kicking Off the Final Phase of Boxwork Exploration
Written by Abigail Fraeman, Curiosity Deputy Project Scientist
Earth planning date: Friday, Feb. 13, 2026
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4798-4803: Back for More Science
Written by Michelle Minitti, MAHLI Deputy Principal Investigator
Earth planning date: Friday, Feb. 6, 2026
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4788-4797: Welcome Back from Conjunction
Written by Alex Innanen, Atmospheric Scientist at York University, Toronto, Canada @transmartian.bsky.social
Earth planning date: Friday, Jan. 30, 2026
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MSL Curiosity: LED lights (part of the MAHLI camera) were used to create this rare nighttime image (sol_4740, Dec. 6, 2025), focused on the “Nevado Sajama” drill in the "boxwork" structures.
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Curiosity MSL: Workspace 4789 - back at the Nevado Sajama drill site - you can see the drill hole in the bottom right of the mastcam workspace.
Thanks to @paulhammond1.bsky.social for the data and stitches
Curiosity MSL Blog, Sols 4750-4762: See You on the Other Side of the Sun
Written by Lucy Thompson, Planetary Scientist and APXS team member, University of New Brunswick, Canada
Earth planning date: Monday, Dec. 22, 2025
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Curiosity MSL_sol 4752: navcam mosaic and mastcam workpace mosaic - parking location for the holiday season and across conjunction (which lasts until Jan 22nd)
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS, fredk and @paulhammond1.bsky.social
Curiosity MSL_sol 4752: maps and rover data - parking location for the holiday season and across conjunction (which lasts until Jan 22nd)
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS, fredk and @paulhammond1.bsky.social
MSL Curiosity_sol 4748: MAHLI mosaic on a ridge wall, in the Monte Grande hollow, Gale crater.
Image credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS for both images, with stitching by @paulhammond1.bsky.social for the mosaic and fredk for the Mastcam context image.
MSL Curiosity: sol 4746 - back in the hollow next to the Valle de la Luna drill site.
Image credits - MSSS-JPL/Caltech, Navcam team - thanks to @paulhammond1.bsky.social for stitching the images
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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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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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.
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Earth planning date: Friday, Oct. 31, 2025
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