NASA’s Curiosity rover appears as a dark speck in this contrast-enhanced view captured on Feb. 28, 2025, by the HiRISE camera aboard NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Trailing Curiosity are the rover’s tracks, which can linger on the Martian surface for months before being erased by the wind. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona

NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured an image of the Curiosity rover driving through the Gale Crater. The spacecraft entered Mars’ orbit in 2006 and could continue to operate through 2029.