Curiosity rover marks 5,000th day on Mars with postcard images
NASA's long-running Mars rover has surpassed 14 years of operation, capturing panoramic images from a sand ridge nicknamed Chocolatal.
What to know
- Curiosity reached its 5,000th Martian day on August 30, 2026, while exploring the lower foothills of Mount Sharp in Gale Crater.
- The rover has operated for 14 years, far surpassing its original two-year mission design.
- NASA released a colorized postcard merging panoramas taken at different times of day to commemorate the milestone.
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NASA publishes Curiosity 5,000-sol postcard
NASA released a merged and colorized postcard combining the two panoramas, with blue representing the morning view and yellow the afternoon view. The image shows the rover's deck, antenna, and nuclear power source, with Mount Sharp visible in the background.
“this robot has been wandering around Mars for FOURTEEN YEARS and we get to watch it trundle about and poke rocks and send home postcards…”
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5 more headlines
- NASA’s Curiosity rover celebrates 5,000 days on Mars with a new “postcard.” The Verge · 6d ago
- What did NASA’s Curiosity Rover Discover on Its 5,000th Day on Mars? Jagran Josh · 6d ago
- Curiosity Postcard Celebrates Rover’s 5,000th Day on Mars NASA Science (.gov) · 5d ago
- NASA’s Curiosity rover marks 5,000 days on Mars with special ‘postcard’ TPI Media Group · 5d ago
- Curiosity Mars rover celebrates its 5000th sol Zamin.uz · 2d ago
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It's so wild and wonderful that this robot has been wandering around Mars for FOURTEEN YEARS and we get to watch it trundle about and poke rocks and send home postcards. ❤️ science.
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NASA releases stunning new view of Mars The new Curiosity rover “postcard” celebrates its 5,000th Martian day, combining panoramas captured on the Red Planet in late August and early September
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Source: https:// science.nasa.gov/photojournal/ curiosity-postcard-celebrates-rovers-5000th-day-on-mars/ Learn more about Curiosity: • NASA: https:// science.nasa.gov/mission/msl-c uriosity/ • Wikipedia: https:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curiosit y_(rover) # Curiosity # Mars # Science # Nature # Space # NASA # Rovers # Robots
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Curiosity captures second panorama on sol 5,003 — The rover captured a second panorama at 5:39 p.m. local Mars time on September 2, 2026, from the same location.
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Curiosity captures first panorama on sol 5,000 — NASA's Curiosity rover, parked at a sand ridge nicknamed Chocolatal, used its black-and-white navigation cameras to capture a panorama at 9:56 a.m. local Mars time, marking the rover's 5,000th Martian day of operation.
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From NASA Sunrise, sunset 🏜️ To mark Curiosity’s 5,000th Martian day on the Red Planet, the rover’s team created this postcard. It combines two panoramas, with blue colors representing images taken in the morning, & yellow colors for the images taken at dusk Details & downloads go.