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NASA’s Curiosity Looks Back After Reaching Elevation Milestone

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  • NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover captured this view looking back at the floor of Gale Crater, with the crater’s rim visible in the distance, on Sept. 5, 2026, the 5,006th Martian day, or sol, of the mission.
  • Since 2014, Curiosity has been climbing the lower foothills of Mount Sharp, a 3-mile-tall mountain located within Gale Crater.

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NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover captured this view looking back at the floor of Gale Crater, with the crater’s rim visible in the distance, on Sept. 5, 2026, the 5,006th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. Just nine days earlier, on Aug. 26, Curiosity set a mission milestone by reaching 1 kilometer of elevation above the crater floor. Since 2014, Curiosity has been climbing the lower foothills of Mount Sharp, a 3-mile-tall mountain located within Gale Crater.

Curiosity was built by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory California.

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