NASA’s Curiosity Looks Back After Reaching Elevation Milestone

October 7, 2026 · 5:00 pm 1 sources

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• NASA’s Curiosity Looks Back After Reaching Elevation Milestone
  NASA · October 7, 2026 17:00
  Description NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover captured this view looking back at the floor of Gale Crater, with the crater’s rim visible in the distance, on Sept. 5, 2026, the 5,006th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. Just nine days prior, on Aug. 26 (Sol 4,996), Curiosity set a mission milestone by…