Curiosity rover: 15 stunning images from Mars (gallery) - Space.com

For 10 years NASA's Curiosity rover has trundled across the Martian landscape searching for signs of life and learning about Mars' unique environment.

For the latest news about the mission, follow Space.com's Curiosity Mars Rover coverage.

Curiosity has faced myriad challenges during its time on Mars, from computer glitches to drill malfunctions, orientation trouble and extensive damage to its wheels, but the robust rover keeps bouncing back and continues to investigate the Martian environment to this day. .

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity took this self-portrait on May 11, 2016, at the "Okoruso" drilling site on the "Naukluft Plateau" in the foothills of Mount Sharp.

Curiosity captured an image of a so-called "floating spoon" on Mars on Aug.

These iron meteorites, called Lebanon (larger rock) and Lebanon B (smaller rock in foreground) were discovered by Curiosity on May 25, 2014.

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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover used the Navigation Camera (Navcam) on its mast for this look back at its tracks after finishing a drive of 328 feet (100 meters) on the 548th Martian day, or sol, of the rover's work on Mars (that was Feb. 19, 2014 on Earth).

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Curiosity captured this image on Sept.

15, 2014, NASA's Mars rover Curiosity used its Chemistry and Camera (ChemCam) instrument to examine a rock target called "Harrison" with its Remote Micro-Imaging (RMI) camera and its laser. .

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The infamous "dog door" on Mars was captured by the Curiosity rover on May 7, 2022, during an investigation of the East Cliffs in the Gale Crater.

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Curiosity captured this image of "Ogunquit Beach" in 2017

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