NASA’s Curiosity Rover Frees Its Drill From a Rock
5 May 2026, 17:58 GMT
Topic: Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
Source URL: https://science.nasa.gov/photojournal/nasas-curiosity-rover-frees-its-drill-from-a-rock/
Description This series of images shows NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover as it got a rock stuck to the drill on the end of its robotic arm and, after waving the arm and running the drill a few times, finally detached the rock. The imagery showing the entire process was captured by the black-and-white hazard cameras