NASA's Curiosity rover captures view from Gale Crater after elevation milestone

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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover looked back across the floor of Gale Crater on September 5, 2026. This view, captured on the mission's 5,006th Martian day, shows the crater's distant rim. The observation followed a significant elevation milestone reached nine days earlier, on August 26. On that date, the rover's journey surpassed an altitude of one kilometer above its original landing site.

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