The mars exploration rover mission is part of nasaÒ€ℒs mars exploration program, a long-term, multi-mission effort to un-derstand mars as a potential place for past or present life (its habitability), to seek Ò€¦ During late december 2025 and january 2026, mars and earth are on opposite sides of the sun, blocking radio communications between them. Curiosity will resume sending raw images in late Ò€¦

Curiosity will be the first mars rover capable of detecting these elements. Curiosity's rock-zapping laser can hit a rock or soil target up to 23 feet (7 meters away) with enough energy to pulverize a pinhead Ò€¦