Curiosity Blog, Sols 4859-4866: One Small Crater and Thousands of Polygons
15 Apr 2026, 00:07 GMT
Source URL: https://science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosity-blog-sols-4859-4866-one-small-crater-and-thousands-of-polygons/
Written by Abigail Fraeman, Deputy Project Scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Earth planning date: Friday, April 10, 2026 Curiosity spent the past week driving towards a small crater, about 10 meters (32 feet) in diameter. Today the team informally named this crater “Antofagasta,” after a region and major city in Chile next to the