The six-wheeled scientist encountered the crater during its latest science campaign in search of rock samples that could be brought to Earth for deeper investigation.

Evidence left in rocks is leading scientists to rethink what watery environments looked like on ancient Mars.

The history-making rotorcraft has recently been negotiating some of the most hazardous terrain it’s encountered on the Red Planet.

The rover continues its hunt for rocks worthy of bringing to Earth for further study.

After completing the first sample depot on another world, the rover continues its hunt for Mars rocks worthy of study on Earth.

The Red Planet rover snapped a portrait of the sample depot it has assembled with 10 backup sample tubes that could be returned to Earth by a future mission.

Ten sample tubes, capturing an amazing variety of Martian geology, have been deposited on Mars’ surface so they could be studied on Earth in the future.