Did Curiosity's drill bit get stuck in the rock when they tried to pull it out of the freshly drilled hole on sol 4877?
Did the drill bit get stuck in the rock when they tried to pull it out of the freshly drilled hole on sol 4877 (April 26, 2026)?
Here's a animated GIF of 5 subframe HazCam images. The first is before drilling, the other 4 are the last in the sequence of subframe images.
The last image appears to show the rock lifted from its resting place...
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Whether it's checking for sandworms or the Epstein files, I applaud the science team for this new, aggressive search tactic.
Let's hope it's checking for both ;)
Re-post of the animated GIF.
The original animation was assembled in the wrong order, here is the corrected version
leave no stone unturned, lil buddy.
I think it got jealous of the other rover taking samples, so it wanted to keep one of its own :)