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A large, reddish-brown rock as seen by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover. The rock is broken into several pieces. A drill hole is visible in the top middle piece.

Curiosity Shakes Loose a Pesky Rock

NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover used its Mast Camera, or Mastcam, to capture this view of a rock nicknamed “Atacama” on May 6, 2026, the 4,877th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. The rock had gotten stuck to the drill on the end of Curiosity’s robotic arm on April 25.

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

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