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PIA26048: Curiosity Views 'Sequoia' Using Its Mastcam

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover used the drill on the end of its robotic arm to collect a sample from a rock nicknamed Sequoia on Oct. 17, 2023. The rover's Mastcam captured this image.

Target Name:	Mars
Is a satellite of:	Sol (our sun)
Mission:	Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
Spacecraft:	Curiosity
Instrument:	Mastcam
Product Size:	1583 x 1482 pixels (w x h)
Produced By:	Malin Space Science Systems
Full-Res TIFF:	PIA26048.tif (5.387 MB)
Full-Res JPEG:	PIA26048.jpg (433.2 kB)

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Original Caption Released with Image:

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover used the drill on the end of its robotic arm to collect a sample from a rock nicknamed "Sequoia" on Oct. 17, 2023, the 3,980th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. The mission was naming science targets after locations in California's Sierra Nevada mountain range at the time this sample was collected. This image was captured by the rover's Mast Camera, or Mastcam.

Curiosity was built by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which is managed by Caltech in Pasadena, California. JPL leads the mission on behalf of NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington. Malin Space Science Systems in San Diego built and operates Mastcam.

For more about Curiosity, visit: http://mars.nasa.gov/msl.

Image Credit:

NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

Image Addition Date:

2023-11-06