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Curiosity Frees Stuck Mars Rock After Rare Drill Mishap

NASA released detailed images of the slab, confirming the rover remains healthy.

Curiosity Shakes Free Stuck Martian Rock From Its Drill

Curiosity Uncovers 21 Organic Molecules in Ancient Martian Rock, Seven Firsts for Mars

Curiosity Finds Most Diverse Organics Yet on Mars in First-Ever Wet-Chemistry Test

Curiosity Finds Most Diverse Organic Molecules Yet on Mars With First Wet-Chemistry Test

Curiosity Finds 20-Plus Organic Molecules in Ancient Martian Clay

Mars Study Maps Broad Coastal Shelf, Bolstering Case for Ancient Northern Ocean

Curiosity Maps Martian ‘Boxwork’ Ridges, Spots Spheroidal Nodules and Confirms Clay–Carbonate Split

Curiosity Confirms Kilometer-Scale 'Boxwork' Ridges as Ancient Groundwater Fractures on Mount Sharp

Curiosity Wraps Six-Month Survey of Mars "Spiderweb" Ridges, Confirms Fractures and Tests for Organics

NASA-Led Study Finds Nonbiological Sources Fall Short for Curiosity’s Mars Organics

New Study Rewinds Curiosity’s Mars Organics to Levels Hard to Explain Geologically

Perseverance Cleared for Years More Mars Driving With New Push Toward 'Lac de Charmes'

NASA’s HiRISE Marks 100,000th Mars Image With Syrtis Major View

Perseverance Finds Iron–Nickel Rock on Mars That May Be a Meteorite

ESA Releases 3D Flyover of Mars’ Xanthe Terra From Mars Express

Perseverance’s ‘Leopard-Spot’ Rock Tagged a Potential Biosignature as Fresh Skepticism Surfaces

Perseverance Finds Potential Biosignature in Jezero Mudstones, Nature Study Reports

Perseverance Sample Marks Most Convincing Candidate Biosignature on Mars, NASA Says

NASA Reports Potential Biosignatures in Jezero Crater Core