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 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