NASA's Curiosity rover captured images of a field of polygonal surface features with honeycomb-like textures while climbing Valle Grande in June 2026, marking the 4,930th day of the rover's mission on Mars. The discovery provides insights into Martian geological formations.
NASA published a blog post authored by Lucy Thompson (University of New Brunswick) celebrating Curiosity rover engineers and operations from sols 4954–4960. The post highlights contributions of APXS uplink leads and strategic planning teams.