Curiosity Blog, Sols 4743-4749: Polygons in the Hollow | Simple Site

Written by Lucy Lim, Planetary Scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Earth Planning Date: Friday, Dec. 12, 2025 The weekend drive starting from the “Nevado Sajama” drill site brought Curiosity back into the “Monte Grande” boxwork hollow. We’ve been in this hollow before for the “Valle de la Luna” drill campaign, but now that […]

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Posted on December 19, 2025

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Low Earth Orbit Economy

23

Pioneer

1

Rosetta

1

MUREP

10

Office of the Chief Scientist (OCS)

1

Convergent Aeronautics Solutions

3

Edward G. Gibson

1

Spacesuits

8

Gaia

1

Sustainable Aviation

3

Herschel Space Observatory

1

Apophis

2

Technology Demonstration Missions Program

14

Human Landing System Program

32

Virtual Guest Program

11

Kennedy Space Center

280

26

Quesst: The Mission

3

Marshall Astrophysics

48

Neptune

3

Ceres

2

Digital Information Platform

9

SmallSats Program

5

4

STS-51C

1

Goddard Technology

15

8

B200

3

Tracy Caldwell Dyson

8

Irregular Galaxies

10

Ames Research Center's Science Directorate

34

Black History Month

7

76

Jessica Watkins

3

Lunar Surface Technology Research

3

4

Science Activation

69

MAIA (Multi-Angle Imager for Aerosols)

4

152

Cryogenic Fluid Management (CFM)

6

Enceladus

4

Sea Surface Topography

1

Europa

29

Stars

159

Gas Giant Exoplanets

20

Active Galaxies

14

Artemis Accords

58

TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite)

22

Ice Giants

1

8

Landsat 7

1

PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, Ocean Ecosystem)

29

Red Giants

1

Media Resources

1

Nicole P. Stott

1

Climate Modeling

5

E-Books

5

Solar System Ambassadors

1

Fission Surface Power

1

STS-93

1

6

Mini-RF Instrument

1

4

Commercial Resupply

49

Earth System Observatory (ESO)

5

Space Flight Awareness (SFA)

1

For Professionals

2

Suomi NPP (Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership)

6

Hayabusa 2

1

Apollo 1

1

1

Venus

13

Jonny Kim

5

Prizes, Challenges, and Crowdsourcing Program

53

Mars Climate Orbiter

1

National Space Council Users' Advisory Group (NSpC UAG)

1

DAVINCI (Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry, and Imaging)

4

SimLabs

2

Exoplanet Science

29

STS-107

2

1

Aeronautics Research

11

388

371

InSight (Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport)

4

Wildlife

3

Leland D. Melvin

1

People of Marshall

5

Rings of Jupiter

1

299

XMM-Newton (X-ray Multi-Mirror Newton)

3

Low-Earth Orbit Economy

10

Pioneer 10

1

RS-25

2

MUSE (Multi-slit Solar Explorer)

1

Office of the General Counsel (OGC)

36

2

Eileen M. Collins

2

SpaceX Commercial Resupply

25

Galaxies

210

Sustainable Flight Demonstrator

6

Hi-Rate Composite Aircraft Manufacturing

4

Applied Sciences Program

4

Technology for Living in Space

6

Human Research Program

29

Visible / Optical Light

1

9

Origin & Evolution of the Universe

18

Quesst: The Science

3

Marshall Earth Sciences

29

Neptune-Like Exoplanets

8

Chandra X-Ray Observatory

82

Digital Transformation (DT)

7

Snow

14

Exploration Ground Systems

35

STS-51D

1

GOES (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite)

13

Air Traffic Control Labs

2

BARREL (Balloon Array for Radiation-belt Relativistic Electron Losses)

1

Transformational Tools Technologies

12

Ames Space Biosciences

12

58

Underway Recovery Test 11

1

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

285

Lunar Trailblazer

4

Pluto

3

Science for Everyone

2

Manufacturing, Materials, 3-D Printing

1

NASA Home & City

1

Cryosphere

8

1

Seasat

1

29

Stellar Evolution

3

Gateway Program

21

ADEOS (Advanced Earth Observing Satellite) / MIDORI

1

Artemis Campaign Development Division

3

4

ICESat (Ice, Clouds and Land Elevation Satellite)

1

39

Landsat 8 / LDCM (Landsat Data Continuity Mission)

34

Pamela A. Melroy

8

Redstone 3 (Freedom 7)

1

Meetings, Workshops & Conferences

1

Night Sky Network

38

Climate Science

7

E. Michael Fincke

1

Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Inst.

3

Fission Surface Power (FSP)

2

STS-96

1

Grades K - 4 for Educators

13

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