As NASA’s Curiosity rover recently began climbing up a Martian valley nicknamed “Valle Grande,” it sent back images that were a familiar sight to mission scientists: honeycomb-like textures called polygonal fractures, each one about 1.5 to 3 inches (4 to 8 centimeters) across. The mission has spotted small patches of these geometric shapes several times […]
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Curiosity (Rover), Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Mars, Mars Exploration Program, Radioisotope Power Systems (RPS)
Posted on
July 29, 2026
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