Welcome to our monthly roundup of the activities of our intrepid robotic explorers! And boy, has it been an active time.

Curiosity has begun roving Mars, and Opportunity's not wasting any time either. The big rover is on the way to Glenelg; the small one is on the inner rim of Endeavour crater, checking out an awesome-looking outcrop of sedimentary rock.

Dawn has just departed Vesta and begun the more than two-year cruise to Ceres. Juno is in the middle of a big deep-space maneuver, setting up next year's Earth flyby. GRAIL has begun its first mission extension, and MESSENGER is planning a second.

Venus Express, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, ARTEMIS, Odyssey, Mars Express, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, and Cassini are carrying on with their orbital missions. And New Horizons, Deep Impact, Akatsuki, Rosetta, ICE, and Voyager 1 and 2 are traveling onward. No one is sure whether IKAROS belongs in this list or not -- contact has not been made for nine months.