Damaged Curiosity's Rover Wheels Capture by curiosity rover on 4088th Martian day #curiosity #mars

Sol 4088: Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) and Mast Camera (mast cam)
This image was taken by NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity on 05-Feb-2024, the 4088th Martian day or sol of the curiosity rover mission on Mars.

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

Four thousand Martian days after setting its wheels in Gale Crater on 05-Aug.2012, NASA’s Curiosity rover remains busy conducting exciting science.

To study whether ancient Mars had the conditions to support microbial life, the rover has been gradually ascending the base of 3-mile-tall Mount Sharp, whose layers formed in different periods of Martian history and offer a record of how the planet’s climate changed over time.

Curiosity was built by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which is managed by Caltech in Pasadena, California. JPL leads the mission on behalf of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate in Washington. Malin Space Science Systems in San Diego built and operates Mastcam.

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

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