Sols 4505-4506: Up, Up And Onto Devil's Gate

Curiosity NavigationCuriosity HomeMission OverviewWhere is Curiosity?Mission UpdatesScienceOverviewInstrumentsHighlightsExploration GoalsNews and FeaturesMultimediaCuriosity Raw ImagesImagesVideosAudioMosaicsMore ResourcesMars MissionsMars Sample ReturnMars Perseverance RoverMars Curiosity RoverMAVENMars Reconnaissance OrbiterMars OdysseyMore Mars MissionsMars Home3 min readWritten by Catherine O'Connell-Cooper, Planetary Geologist at University of New BrunswickEarth planning date: Monday, April 7, 2025Over the weekend, we completed our drive up the steep side of a canyon, up onto "Devil's Gate," a small butte which forms part of the ridge along the top of the canyon and now we can see down into the next canyon. It is always true that we are going somewhere no one has been before - that's the idea of an exploratory mission after all, and everyone kind of gets used to it, we don't stop to think about it. But today, coming over the top of a hill like this and fully looking for the first...