Spot on, as usual.

Countdown to Artemis: is NASA’s Moon mission the dawn of a new space age? As humans, we must be intentional about whether, and how, we explore space.

Also in @nature.com's #ArtemisII coverage: "It is not sufficient to justify human space exploration by aiming to be the first or by claiming that it will support industry. How it is done, and by whom, needs to change to win the public over." - Bethany Ehlmann 🧪🔭

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

The Martian Moons eXploration spacecraft has arrived at the Tanegashima Space Center! This was a TOP SECRET operation due to concerns that someone might steal MMX and head to Phobos 🤫🛰️ Although I do wonder if the truck could’ve been a shade more… covert... 🔭
JAXA 🧪🔗: www.isas.jaxa.jp/en/topics/00...

Thanks for sharing - so exciting! And ahaha, the truck is perfect. Love the flashing blue lights!

A rust toned image capturing an eroded layered rock, with a wheel of the Mars rover Curiosity in the foreground to the right.

A rust toned image capturing an eroded layered Martian rock.

A rust toned mosaic capturing a number of layered Martian rocks.

A rust toned mosaic capturing some Martian rocks.

Beautiful mosaics captured two days ago by Curiosity, on her way out of the Boxwork Terrain

#Mars Mar. 29, 2026 - Sol 4850 🧪🔭
Credits images: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/fredk

Sorry to miss you! I'm glad you got to enjoy the blossoms!

During the CAPS meeting in DC last week, I managed to squeeze in an early morning run to the Tidal Basin to catch the cherry blossoms at sunrise. (This was one day before peak bloom) 🥰 🌸

Best. Cover. Ever. So proud of you Blair (and DORA!).

Curiosity Lights Up ‘Nevado Sajama’ at Night - NASA Science NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover used LED lights on the end of its robotic arm to create this rare nighttime view of the Red Planet’s surface on

Still on Mars with Curiosity. Still doing awesome science.

Love this recent "MAHLI after dark" image we acquired last month of our drill in the super cool boxwork region:
science.nasa.gov/resource/cur...

NASA Found Something on Mars. Now We Might Just Leave It There NASA spent years and billions of dollars collecting Martian samples to bring home. Now they might be stranded

NASA spent years and billions of dollars collecting Martian samples to bring home. But Congress's current proposed budget for the agency would leave them stranded. What's at stake? Take a deep dive with this recent feature:

A panorama stitched together of two different photos, showing a yellow sky above the surface of Mars on the left and a pale blue sky on the right. At the bottom of the image is part of the Curiosity rover, which took the photos. The martian surface is covered in grey rocks and tan sediment, looking out between two mounds.

#PPOD: Team members working with NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover created this “postcard” by commanding the rover to take images at two times of day on Nov. 18, 2025, spanning the 4,722nd and 4,723rd Martian days, or sols, of the mission. 🧪 🔭

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Ahhh love it!!

A beautiful sketch of Curiosity's tactical ops room (with a title that makes me tear up 🥲).

Thanks so much for sharing this @sharponlooker.net

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

Happy Landiversary Curiosity. <3

science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosi...

Marking 13 Years on Mars, NASA’s Curiosity Picks Up New Skills - NASA New capabilities allow the rover to do science with less energy from its batteries.

www.nasa.gov/missions/mar...

Our JPL engineers continue to blow my mind with their talent. Squeezing every drop of science out of our wonderful rover that we can!

(h/t to @dougellison.bsky.social for making my late night request to acquire this Navcam postcard a reality. The view was too good!)

Image sent back by Curiosity Mars rover

Image sent back by Curiosity Mars rover

Image sent back by Curiosity Mars rover

The Curiosity rover is sending back some jaw-droppingly gorgeous views from Mars right now... Well done everyone on the camera teams|! Just look at this glorious detail and lighting...! Images: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/fredk/S Atkinson

It's just a (very convincing) optical illusion... it's actually a dust covered rock and the dust is nearly the same color as the unit behind it, making it look like a window. Good eye!

Can't stop staring at these new views of crazy yardang unit!!! (The light colored cliffs that are furthest away)

Rocks and sand. NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill

Stunning late afternoon view of the lower boxworks from the Mars Curiosity Rover, taken with MastCam on Sol 4547.

flic.kr/p/2r6v3t3

Photo of a waterfall surrounded by green plants.

View of a waterfall surrounded by misty mountains

Close up of rain drops on a leaf

Monday moment of zen: Photos from last Saturday's hike to Trail Canyon Falls, just a 30 min drive from Pasadena.

There were not many people out during the late afternoon on that drizzly day, and we ended up having the falls all to ourselves. Pure magic.

The boxwork structure captured by Curiosity's navigation camera earlier today

#Mars May 16, 2025 - Sol 4541 🧪🔭
Credit images: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Yup! Beautiful processing!

Proposed NASA cuts in context, courtesy of the Planetary Society #astronomy #science

aaaagggghhhh thanks!

Oh no! Something got messed up in the links - thanks for pointing out! Wish I could edit...

Paper! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Perspective! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Really proud of this.

Amazing detective work lead by the brilliant Ben Tutolo, made possible by the entire Curiosity Mars Rover team.

Paper: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Perspective: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Oh hey! It's me, here to drop some truth on your beautiful but fake images!

:)

Beautiful early morning light on Mars