Martian geologist (PhD👨‍🎓) ⛏. MSL APXS team member. From Ireland but living in eastern Canada https://bsky.app/profile/mars-cat.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/mars-cat.bsky.social/post/3mwv5kkadds2qCuriosity Blog, Sols 5016–5021: Fantastic Minerals and How To Detect Them Written by Lucy Lim, Planetary Scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Earth planning date: Friday, Sept. 18, 2026 https://science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosity-blog-sols-5016-5021-fantastic-minerals-and-how-to-detect-them/02 Oct 2026 10:20 +0000at://did:plc:stngkfarqdmt2qceqahxzoln/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwv5kkadds2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/mars-cat.bsky.social/post/3mvnxzotadk25@the "Chocolatal" sand scuff, Curiosity used its nav cams to look down on the crater floor & the crater rim in the distance. Images taken on the 5,000th (@9:56 a.m) & 5,003rd (@5:39 p.m) sols (day) of the mission are merged here (bluer represents AM; yellow = PM). https://science.nasa.gov/photojournal/curiosity-postcard-celebrates-rovers-5000th-day-on-mars/16 Sep 2026 20:27 +0000at://did:plc:stngkfarqdmt2qceqahxzoln/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvnxzotadk25https://bsky.app/profile/mars-cat.bsky.social/post/3mvnugxfzxs25MSL Curiosity: Sol 5014: End of drive Navcam mosaic; workspace MCAM mosaic; rover stats and traverse maps. Image credits: NASA-JPL/Caltech/MSSS. NCAM image stitch and data by P. Hammond. MCAM mosaic stitch by fredk. Maps by Jan Vacek @jv-honza.bsky.social16 Sep 2026 19:23 +0000at://did:plc:stngkfarqdmt2qceqahxzoln/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvnugxfzxs25https://bsky.app/profile/mars-cat.bsky.social/post/3mvnfqo6d4k2fCuriosity Blog, Sols 5002-5009: Tough Planning To Learn More About Wind-Blown Sediments Written by Benjamin Tutolo, Professor, University of Calgary Earth planning date: Friday, Sept. 4, 2026 https://science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosity-blog-sols-5002-5009-tough-planning-to-learn-more-about-wind-blown-sediments/16 Sep 2026 15:00 +0000at://did:plc:stngkfarqdmt2qceqahxzoln/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvnfqo6d4k2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/mars-cat.bsky.social/post/3mv3kon3yts2sMSL Curiosity: Sol 5008: End of drive Navcam mosaic; workspace MCAM mosaic; FHAZ mosaic; rover stats and traverse maps. Image and map credits: NASA-JPL/Caltech/MSSS. NCAM image stitch and data by P. Hammond. MCAM mosaic stitch by fredk09 Sep 2026 12:40 +0000at://did:plc:stngkfarqdmt2qceqahxzoln/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv3kon3yts2shttps://bsky.app/profile/mars-cat.bsky.social/post/3mv3k3qm4ws2sMSL Curiosity Blog, Sols 4995-5001: 5,000 (Martian) Days on Mars Written by William Farrand, Senior Research Scientist, Space Science Institute Earth planning date: Friday, Aug. 28, 2026 https://science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosity-blog-sols-4995-5001-5000-martian-days-on-mars/09 Sep 2026 12:30 +0000at://did:plc:stngkfarqdmt2qceqahxzoln/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv3k3qm4ws2shttps://bsky.app/profile/mars-cat.bsky.social/post/3mun2vcrwnk2xCuriosity Blog, Sols 4988-4994: More New Tricks for an Old Dog Written by Michelle Minitti, MAHLI Deputy Principal Investigator Earth planning date: Friday, Aug. 21, 2026 https://science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosity-blog-sols-4988-4994-more-new-tricks-for-an-old-dog/03 Sep 2026 18:20 +0000at://did:plc:stngkfarqdmt2qceqahxzoln/app.bsky.feed.post/3mun2vcrwnk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/mars-cat.bsky.social/post/3mtz245sibc2hMSL Curiosity: Sol 4994: End of drive Navcam mosaic; workspace MCAM mosaic; FHAZ mosaic; rover stats and traverse maps. Image and map credits: NASA-JPL/Caltech/MSSS. Image stitches and data by P. Hammond.26 Aug 2026 19:13 +0000at://did:plc:stngkfarqdmt2qceqahxzoln/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtz245sibc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/mars-cat.bsky.social/post/3mtyzjdmmjk2hNASA’s Curiosity Mars rover marked an elevation gain of 1 km on Aug. 26, 2026. The mosaic image below looks back from the current position in "Valle Grande" toward the floor of Gale Crater, on Aug. 1 and 2, 2026, the 4,972-4973 sols (Martian days) of the mission. https://science.nasa.gov/mars/curiosity-reaches-1-kilometer-elevation-gain/26 Aug 2026 19:03 +0000at://did:plc:stngkfarqdmt2qceqahxzoln/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtyzjdmmjk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/mars-cat.bsky.social/post/3mtecdw7lik26Curiosity Blog, Sols 4975-4981: Happy 14th Landing Anniversary By Susanne P. Schwenzer, Professor of Planetary Mineralogy at The Open University, UK @spsmars.bsky.social Earth planning date: Friday, Aug. 7, 2026 https://science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosity-blog-sols-4975-4981-happy-14th-landing-anniversary/18 Aug 2026 13:15 +0000at://did:plc:stngkfarqdmt2qceqahxzoln/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtecdw7lik26https://bsky.app/profile/mars-cat.bsky.social/post/3mt376jg5us2nMSL Curiosity: Sol 4983: End of drive Navcam mosaic; workspace MCAM mosaic; traverse map; drive direction; rover stats. Image and map credits: NASA-JPL/Caltech/MSSS. Navcam stitch and data by P. Hammond. Mcam mosaic by fredk14 Aug 2026 22:24 +0000at://did:plc:stngkfarqdmt2qceqahxzoln/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt376jg5us2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/mars-cat.bsky.social/post/3msvvmzvhwk2mMSL Curiosity: Sol 4977: End of drive Navcam mosaic; workspace MCAM mosaic; traverse map; rover stats; drive direction. Image and map credits: NASA-JPL/Caltech/MSSS. Navcam stitch, mcam mosaic and data by P. Hammond.12 Aug 2026 19:50 +0000at://did:plc:stngkfarqdmt2qceqahxzoln/app.bsky.feed.post/3msvvmzvhwk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/mars-cat.bsky.social/post/3mssymm2tj227Curiosity Blog, Sols 4968-4974: Rock Climbing Towards the Discontinuity Written by Lucy Lim, Planetary Scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Earth planning date: Friday, July 31, 2026 https://science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosity-blog-sols-4968-4974-rock-climbing-towards-the-discontinuity/11 Aug 2026 16:05 +0000at://did:plc:stngkfarqdmt2qceqahxzoln/app.bsky.feed.post/3mssymm2tj227https://bsky.app/profile/mars-cat.bsky.social/post/3msipphv3222eMSL Curiosity: Sol 4973: End of drive Navcam mosaic; workspace MCAM mosaic and FHAZ image; traverse map; rover stats. Image and map credits: NASA-JPL/Caltech/MSSS. Navcam stitch and data by P. Hammond. MCAM mosaic by fredk07 Aug 2026 13:59 +0000at://did:plc:stngkfarqdmt2qceqahxzoln/app.bsky.feed.post/3msipphv3222ehttps://bsky.app/profile/mars-cat.bsky.social/post/3mrx7ajwhqc2iCuriosity Blog, Sols 4961-4967: Approaching a Break in the Rock Record? Written by Abigail Fraeman, Deputy Project Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology @abbyfrae.bsky.social Earth planning date: Friday, July 24, 2026 https://science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosity-blog-sols-4961-4967-approaching-a-break-in-the-rock-record/31 Jul 2026 14:49 +0000at://did:plc:stngkfarqdmt2qceqahxzoln/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrx7ajwhqc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/mars-cat.bsky.social/post/3mruqrvql422oMSL Curiosity: Sol 4966: End of drive Navcam mosaic; workspace FHAZ image; traverse map; rover stats. Image and map credits: NASA-JPL/Caltech/MSSS. Navcam stitch and data by P. Hammond.30 Jul 2026 15:25 +0000at://did:plc:stngkfarqdmt2qceqahxzoln/app.bsky.feed.post/3mruqrvql422ohttps://bsky.app/profile/mars-cat.bsky.social/post/3mrfhwtvah22xMSL Curiosity: Sol 4961: Mastcam mosaic of the yardangs. Image credits: NASA-JPL/Caltech/MSSS and fredk24 Jul 2026 13:37 +0000at://did:plc:stngkfarqdmt2qceqahxzoln/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrfhwtvah22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/mars-cat.bsky.social/post/3mrfhok3yi22xCuriosity Blog, Sols 4954–4960: Celebrating Our Rover Engineers Past and Present Written by Lucy Thompson, Senior Research Scientist, University of New Brunswick, Canada Earth planning date: Friday, July 27, 2026 https://science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosity-blog-sols-4954-4960-celebrating-our-rover-engineers-past-and-present/24 Jul 2026 13:32 +0000at://did:plc:stngkfarqdmt2qceqahxzoln/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrfhok3yi22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/mars-cat.bsky.social/post/3mrdkcw5a2s22MSL Curiosity: Sol 4959: End of drive navcam mosaic; workspace Mastcam mosaic; traverse map; rover stats. Image credits: NASA-JPL/Caltech/MSSS. Mcam workspace stitch, Navcam stitch, and data by P. Hammond. Map by J. Vacek @jv-honza.bsky.social23 Jul 2026 19:14 +0000at://did:plc:stngkfarqdmt2qceqahxzoln/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrdkcw5a2s22https://bsky.app/profile/mars-cat.bsky.social/post/3mqor2zp3zk24MSL Curiosity: Sol 4953: End of drive navcam mosaic; workspace Mastcam mosaic; FHAZ image; traverse map; rover stats. Image and map credits: NASA-JPL/Caltech/MSSS. Mcam workspace stitch, Navcam stitch, and data by P. Hammond15 Jul 2026 12:49 +0000at://did:plc:stngkfarqdmt2qceqahxzoln/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqor2zp3zk24https://bsky.app/profile/mars-cat.bsky.social/post/3mqoqnczltc24Curiosity Blog, Sols 4947-4953: Gale Crater Then and Now Written by Alex Innanen, Atmospheric Scientist at York University, Toronto @transmartian.bsky.social Earth planning date: Friday, July 10, 2026 https://science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosity-blog-sols-4947-4953-gale-crater-then-and-now/15 Jul 2026 12:42 +0000at://did:plc:stngkfarqdmt2qceqahxzoln/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqoqnczltc24https://bsky.app/profile/mars-cat.bsky.social/post/3mqmcgq72h22gCuriosity Blog, Sols 4941-4947: (Pin)Stripes on the Fourth of July Written by Deborah Padgett, MSL Operations Product Ground System Task Lead at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory Earth planning date: Thursday, July 2, 2026 https://science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosity-blog-sols-4941-4947-pinstripes-on-the-fourth-of-july/14 Jul 2026 13:22 +0000at://did:plc:stngkfarqdmt2qceqahxzoln/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqmcgq72h22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/mars-cat.bsky.social/post/3mqhtnz2ar22uMSL Curiosity: Sol 4950: End of drive navcam mosaic; workspace Mastcam mosaic; FHAZ image; traverse map; rover stats. Image credits: NASA-JPL/Caltech/MSSS. Mcam workspace stitch by fredk; Navcam stitch, maps and data by P. Hammond12 Jul 2026 18:47 +0000at://did:plc:stngkfarqdmt2qceqahxzoln/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqhtnz2ar22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/mars-cat.bsky.social/post/3mqckijptsk2u"A native sulfur deposit in Gale crater, Mars", Science, in press, doi: 10.1126/science.adu5501 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adu550110 Jul 2026 16:20 +0000at://did:plc:stngkfarqdmt2qceqahxzoln/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqckijptsk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/mars-cat.bsky.social/post/3mqck6yd4bc2uMSL Curiosity: Sol 4948: End of drive navcam mosaic; workspace Mastcam mosaic; traverse maps; rover stats. Image credits: NASA-JPL/Caltech/MSSS. Mcam workspace stitch by fredk; Navcam stitch, map#2 and data by P. Hammond; map#1 by Jan Vacek10 Jul 2026 16:14 +0000at://did:plc:stngkfarqdmt2qceqahxzoln/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqck6yd4bc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/mars-cat.bsky.social/post/3mpobzgchas2zMSL Curiosity: Sol 4939: End of drive navcam mosaic; workspace Mastcam mosaic; traverse map; rover stats. Image credits: NASA-JPL/Caltech/MSSS. Mcam workspace stitch by fredk; Navcam stitch, maps and data by P. Hammond02 Jul 2026 14:55 +0000at://did:plc:stngkfarqdmt2qceqahxzoln/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpobzgchas2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/mars-cat.bsky.social/post/3mpobrli5hc2zCuriosity Blog, Sols 4934-4940: In the Land of the Polygons Written by William Farrand, Senior Research Scientist, Space Science Institute Earth planning date: Friday, June 26, 2026 https://science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosity-blog-sols-4934-4940-in-the-land-of-the-polygons/02 Jul 2026 14:50 +0000at://did:plc:stngkfarqdmt2qceqahxzoln/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpobrli5hc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/mars-cat.bsky.social/post/3monieqbvek2lPolygons galore! MSL Curiosity: Sol 4938: End of drive navcam mosaic; workspace Mastcam mosaic; traverse map; rover stats. Image credits: NASA-JPL/Caltech/MSSS. Mcam workspace stitch by fredk; Navcam stitch and data by P. Hammond; map by Jan Vacek19 Jun 2026 13:51 +0000at://did:plc:stngkfarqdmt2qceqahxzoln/app.bsky.feed.post/3monieqbvek2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/mars-cat.bsky.social/post/3moni4zdkek2lCuriosity Blog, Sols 4920-4926: Surveying the Bands Written by William Farrand, Senior Research Scientist, Space Science Institute Earth planning date: Friday, June 12, 2026 https://science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosity-blog-sols-4920-4926-surveying-the-bands/19 Jun 2026 13:46 +0000at://did:plc:stngkfarqdmt2qceqahxzoln/app.bsky.feed.post/3moni4zdkek2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/mars-cat.bsky.social/post/3mnxqihicfs2xMSL Curiosity: Sol 4919: End of drive navcam mosaic; workspace Mastcam mosaic; traverse map; rover stats. Image credits: NASA-JPL/Caltech/MSSS. Mcam workspace stitch by fredk; Navcam stitch and data by P. Hammond; map by Jan Vacek10 Jun 2026 22:17 +0000at://did:plc:stngkfarqdmt2qceqahxzoln/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnxqihicfs2x