Tag Archives: Book Cliffs

Curiosity update: ‘Booking it back to Book Cliffs’

Posted on November 19, 2014 by rburnham

Sol 812, November 17, 2014, update from USGS Scientist Lauren Edgar: “Curiosity continues to investigate the Pahrump Hills.  This is the second time that we are driving up the exposed section, and on this pass we’ve selected several key…” [More … Continue reading →

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Curiosity finds an orbital hematite match

Posted on November 4, 2014 by rburnham

Reddish rock powder from the first hole drilled into a Martian mountain [Confidence Hills] by NASA’s Curiosity rover has yielded the mission’s first confirmation of a mineral mapped from orbit. “This connects us with the mineral identifications from orbit, which … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: ‘Drive to Gilbert Peak’

Posted on October 22, 2014 by rburnham

Sol 787-788, October 22, 2014, update from USGS Scientist Lauren Edgar: “It was a busy day of rover operations here at the USGS…. Today we planned two sols and the goal was to characterize the Book Cliffs outcrop and drive … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: ‘Comet Siding Spring’

Posted on October 21, 2014 by rburnham

Sol 785-786, October 20, 2014, update from USGS Scientist Lauren Edgar: “Over the weekend, a number of Mars spacecraft observed a rare encounter with Comet Siding Spring. Curiosity successfully observed the comet with Mastcam, Navcam and ChemCam RMI.  Today we’re … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: ‘Dumping sample’

Posted on October 17, 2014 by rburnham

Sol 781, October 16, 2014, update from USGS Scientist Ken Herkenhoff: “The 22-meter Sol 780 drive completed as planned, placing the rover near “Book Cliffs” (visible at the right side of this image [right]).  Sol 781 planning was interrupted this … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: ‘MARDI video’

Posted on October 16, 2014 by rburnham

Sol 780, October 15, 2014, update from USGS Scientist Ken Herkenhoff: “We were originally planning to perform some arm tests on Sol 780 to help diagnose the fault that occurred last weekend, but it was decided that they were too … Continue reading →

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