Curiosity Blog, Sols 4586-4587: Straight Drive, Strategic Science | Simple Site

Written by Scott VanBommel, Planetary Scientist at Washington University in St. Louis Earth planning date: Monday, June 30, 2025 Our weekend drive placed Curiosity exactly where we had hoped: on lighter-toned, resistant bedrock we have been eyeing for close study. Curiosity’s workspace tosol did not contain any targets suitable for DRT. After a detailed discussion […]

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Posted on July 2, 2025

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ICESat (Ice, Clouds and Land Elevation Satellite)

1

Spiral Galaxies

74

Landslides

3

T-34C

1

SeaWiFS (Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor)

1

Integrated Aviation Systems Program

21

Stennis Space Center

113

Libera

1

Mariner 4

2

Commercial Crew

104

NASA Safety Center

3

Earth Science Technology Office

11

28

4

Pandora

1

For Professionals

2

Reflection Nebulae

2

Hayabusa 2

1

1

10

Sounding Rockets

21

José M. Hernández

1

Subsonic Vehicle Technologies and Tools

4

1

DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test)

9

NOAA-20 (JPSS-1)

2

3

Exoplanet Science

28

Podcasts

10

1

Science in the Air

13

Advanced Space Suits

2

Astrogram

8

Exploration Ground Systems

35

Project Mercury

3

GOES (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite)

13

Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel

2

Audio

6

68

IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer)

18

STS-129

2

Lunar Discovery & Exploration Program

2

Mars Moons

5

1

Near Space Network

4

Ecostress (ECOsystem Spaceborne Thermal Radiometer Experiment on Space Station)

3

Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Sensor - 2 (TSIS-2)

1

28

People of Space Operations

2

Galaxies

203

Robert A. R. Parker

1

High-Speed Flight

4

Apollo 8

3

6

Human Space Travel Research

2

Space Operations Mission Directorate

59

Kjell N. Lindgren

4

Supersonic Flight

33

Center of Excellence for Collaborative Innovation (CoECI)

50

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354

Didymos & Dimorphos

2

Office of Small Business Programs (OSBP)

11

Viking 1

1

55

NASA Centers & Facilities

160

2

Opportunities For Educators to Get Involved

21

1

Wallops Flight Facility

65

28

Fission Surface Power (FSP)

2

Quesst: The Vehicle

17

Grades K - 4 for Educators

13

1

9

Sojourner (Rover)

2

1

STS-68

1

MAF Status

1

Marshall Space Flight Center

338

Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog (CHAPEA)

10

7

Employee Spotlights

1

1

29

Planetary Defense

22

Gateway Program

21

S3VI

1

2024 Solar Eclipse

46

Artemis 3

45

ICESat-2 (Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2)

5

5

Langley Research Center

155

Tech Demo Missions

8

14

Sensing the Universe & Multimessenger Astronomy

4

Interacting Galaxies

3

Stennis Test Facility and Support Infrastructure

4

10

Mariner 7

1

Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)

95

NASA Shared Services Center

13

Earth Surface & Interior

5

The Search for Life

12

White Sands Test Facility

18

Pandora Mission

1

For Researchers

11

Remote Sensing Technology

3

Heat & Radiation

4

Anne C. McClain

4

Bruce McCandless

2

Sounding Rockets Program

15

JPSS-4

1

Sun-Earth Interactions

3

Meteors & Meteorites

2

2

NOAA-21 (JPSS-2)

2

USGS (United States Geological Survey)

3

Exoplanet Transits

10

Polar

1

51

Science Instruments

8

Aeromechanics Research Facilities

1

Exploration Park

2

Protostars

21

GOES-R

3

AIM (Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere)

1

Aura

2

Skywatching Tips

36

2

STS-34

1

3

5

Convergent Aeronautics Solutions

3

Near-Earth Asteroid (NEA)

10

Edward G. Gibson

1

Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO)

1

Women's History Month

17

Perseids

2

Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes

78

Robert D. Cabana

2

High-Tech Computing

14

Apollo 9

2

Careers

11

Human Spaceflight Mission Directorate

1

18

LAGEOS (LAser GEOdynamics Satellite)

1

16

Ceres

2

Modeling

4

Digital Information Platform

9

Office of Strategic Infrastructure (OSI)

2

Viking 2

1

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