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Curiosity update: ‘Happy 3rd anniversary on Mars’
Sol 1066, August 5, 2015, update from USGS scientist Lauren Edgar: Tonight marks the third anniversary of Curiosity’s landing in Gale crater. It’s been a great three years, full of a number of important science discoveries. Check out this video and … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Apikuni Mountain, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Marias Pass, Mars Science Laboratory, Missoula, Moiese, Mount Sharp, MSL, NASA
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Curiosity update: ‘Last call at Lion’
Sol 1065, August 4, 2015, update from USGS scientist Lauren Edgar: It’s been a great couple of weeks at the Lion outcrop, but it’s time to move on. After a successful investigation that included observations by almost every science instrument, … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Apikuni Mountain, Calamity, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Lion, Marias Pass, Mars Science Laboratory, McClure, Mount Sharp, MSL, NASA
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Curiosity update: ‘Dump pre-sieve sample’
Sol 1064, August 3, 2015, update from USGS scientist Ken Herkenhoff: The activities planned for last weekend completed successfully, including sample dropoff to CheMin and analysis of the minerals present. So the Sol 1064 plan includes dumping the portion of … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Apikuni Mountain, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Marias Pass, Mars Science Laboratory, Martz, Mount Sharp, Mountain Home, MSL, NASA
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Curiosity update: ‘Sample dropoff to CheMin’
Sol 1061-1063, July 31, 2015, update from USGS scientist Ken Herkenhoff: This morning, the MSL operations team was very happy to see that drilling into Buckskin was successful! The weekend plan therefore has more arm activities, including transferring the sample … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Apikuni Mountain, Buckskin, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Marias Pass, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, NASA
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Curiosity: Front and back view
Sol 1059, July 30, 2015. Front and rear Hazcams show the rover’s orientation with regard to the Lion outcrop (front view, top) and Marias Pass (rear view, bottom). The layered high area on Curiosity’s right side, seen best in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Apikuni Mountain, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Lion, Marias Pass, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, NASA
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Curiosity update: ‘GO for drilling!’
Sol 1060, July 30, 2015, update from USGS scientist Lauren Edgar: It’s another exciting day on Mars! Curiosity is investigating some high-silica targets at an outcrop named “Lion.” The team selected the “Buckskin” target to drill, and we successfully completed … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Apikuni Mountain, Buckskin, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Lion, Marias Pass, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, NASA
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Curiosity update: Drill testing and analyzing ‘Ch-paa-qn’
Sol 1059, July 29, 2015, update from USGS scientist Ryan Anderson: Today the main event is a “mini-start hole”, which is the name for a new type of initial drilling test that we are trying out on the target “Buckskin”. … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Apikuni Mountain, Buckskin, Ch-paa-qn, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Marias Pass, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, NASA
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Curiosity: Under the wheel
Sol 1057, July 28, 2015. A seldom-seen point of view, taken by the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) on the instrument arm, shows the rocks directly underneath one of the wheels. Sol 1057 raw images (from all cameras), and Curiosity’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Apikuni Mountain, Curiosity, Curiosity wheels, Gale Crater, MAHLI, Marias Pass, Mars Hand Lens Imager, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, NASA, rover wheels
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Curiosity update: ‘Getting ready to drill Buckskin’
Sol 1057-1058, July 27, 2015, update from USGS scientist Ryan Anderson: The “bump” over the weekend was successful, so we are right where we want to be to attempt drilling at “Buckskin” in the “Lion” area. I was on duty … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Apikuni Mountain, Blind Gulch, Buckskin, Buffalo Basin, Calamity, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Lion, Marias Pass, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, NASA, Sorrel Springs
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Curiosity: Close-up on part of Apikuni Mountain
Sol 1053, July 24, 2015. Four composited Navcam frames give a good view of the broken rock layers of Apikuni Mountain, where it stands near Lion. (Click image for a larger version.) Sol 1053 raw images (from all cameras), and … Continue reading
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