About time. The nominal mission was one Martian Year which ended in June. The NASA Inspector General recently criticized the Curiosity team for not meeting their main science goals which were based on climbing on Mt. Sharp. There were some interesting diversions like the alluvial fan. And sand dunes blocked a more direct traverse to Mt. Sharp. This not the first time Curiosity has been in the doghouse. They missed their initial launch data, with a 26-month delay, from falling behind on engineering of a new landing method and new power source. That put Curiosity nearly $2B over budget and almost ended the US Mars program.

Most of the instruments and the power source are expected to last ten years. The deteriorating wheels are a concern.