Planet Mars Images: Dec. 17-30, 2025 | NASA's Curiosity & Perseverance Rovers

Planet Mars Images: Dec. 17-30, 2025 | NASA's Curiosity & Perseverance Rovers

MSL - sol 1750

MSL - sol 1728

Mars 2020 - sol 1717

Mars 2020 - sol 1717

MSL - Sol 4755

MSL - Sol 4755

MSL - Sol 4755

MSL - Sol 4755

Updates: Fewer photos, including color-processed ones, are currently available from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory due to the holidays and because NASA's Mars MAVEN Mission has experienced a serious anomaly that makes it unable to relay image data from the rovers on the Martian surface. Older NASA Mars orbiters or those from partner agencies will be increasingly needed to fulfill this role in the future, until a new generation replacement orbiter for Earth-Mars communications arrives.

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Celebrating 13+ Years on Mars (2012-2025)

Mission Name: Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)

Rover Name: Curiosity

Main Job: To determine if Mars was ever habitable to microbial life. 

Launch: Nov. 6, 2011

Landing Date: Aug. 5, 2012, Gale Crater, Mars

Celebrating 4+ Years on Mars

Mission Name: Mars 2020

Rover Name: Perseverance

Main Job: Seek signs of ancient life and collect samples of rock and regolith (broken rock and soil) for return to Earth.

Launch: July 30, 2020    

Landing: Feb. 18, 2021, Jezero Crater, Mars

For more information on NASA's Mars missions, visit: mars.nasa.gov

Image Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS

Processing: Kevin M. Gill

Image Release Dates: Dec. 17-30, 2025

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