Unexpected rock hitch: On April 25, Curiosity drilled into a rock called Atacama, which unexpectedly lifted out of the ground and stuck to the drill sleeve. Six-day struggle: NASA engineers tried ...

Rare drilling mishap: A rock nicknamed Atacama became lodged on Curiosity’s drill after a sampling attempt, marking the first time this has happened. Weeklong removal effort: NASA engineers tried ...

But NASA's Curiosity Mars rover spent the end of April embroiled in a much simpler problem: It got stuck in a rock. Curiosity ...

Haters gonna hate, hate, hate, but the Mars rover Curiosity just keeps on groovin’—even if its handlers had to spend several ...

Scientists can even use the footage to study how sand accumulates and shifts across the rover, offering subtle clues about ...

This series of images shows NASA's Curiosity Mars rover as it got a rock stuck to the drill on the end of its robotic arm, ...