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Tag Archives: Bridger Basin
Curiosity update: ‘Arm error recovery’
Sol 1102-1104, September 11, 2015, update from USGS scientist Ken Herkenhoff: The Sol 1101 activities that we planned yesterday did not complete due to an arm error while it was being stowed. Apparently the shoulder azimuth motor was too cold, … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, badlands, Bridger Basin, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Jefferson, Lincoln, Madison, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA
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Curiosity update: ‘Driving into the saddle’
Sol 1101, September 10, 2015, update from USGS scientist Ken Herkenhoff: The 34-meter drive planned for Sol 1100 placed the rover at the edge of the small plateau, as intended, with a good view of a bright Murray Formation outcrop. … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Blackleaf Creek, Bradley, Brady, Bridger Basin, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Saddle
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Curiosity update: ‘Swan, Sunburst, Studhorse, Sweetgrass Arch, and Silver Hill’
Sol 1100, September 9, 2015, update from USGS scientist Ken Herkenhoff: The rover drove 34.5 meters on Sol 1099, as planned, to a good location for the imaging of the northwest wall of Bridger Basin. The Mastcam team verified that … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Bob Marshall Ridge, Bridger Basin, Cape Tribulation, Curiosity, Endeavour Crater, Gale Crater, Marathon Valley, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, NASA, Silver Hill, Studhorse, Sunburst, Swan, Sweetgrass Arch
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Curiosity: Bypassing Bob Marshall Ridge
Sol 1099, September 9, 2015. As Curiosity advances into Bridger Basin, it is driving past a low rise, dubbed Bob Marshall Ridge, which lies to the right of the rover’s path. The ridge has multiple layers within it; the hills … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Bob Marshall Ridge, Bridger Basin, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, NASA
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Curiosity update: ‘Driving again’
Sol 1099, September 8, 2015, update from USGS scientist Ken Herkenhoff: MSL did well over the long weekend, except that the Sol 1098 drive was halted after 13 meters of the planned 25 meters because the rover could not confirm … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Bob Marshall Ridge, Bridger Basin, Chamberlain, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Hackley Point, Mars Science Laboratory, Mission Creek, Mount Sharp, MSL, NASA, Police Creek
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Curiosity: Bridger Basin just ahead ahead
Sol 1098, September 8, 2015. The Navcam shoots the landscape in front of Curiosity — and it’s rocky dead ahead, then smoother into Bridger Basin. The dark rise at right in the middle distance is Bob Marshall Ridge. Farther away, … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Bob Marshall Ridge, Bridger Basin, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, NASA
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Curiosity update: ‘Laboring away in the Stimson’
Sol 1095-1098, September 4, 2015, update from USGS scientist Lauren Edgar: As many of us in the U.S. take a break over Labor Day weekend, Curiosity will be keeping busy by using every instrument in her science payload! Curiosity is … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Bootlegger, Bridger Basin, Bullwhacker, Curiosity, Damnation, Gale Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, NASA, Stimson Formation
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Curiosity update: ‘Turning in to Bridger Basin’
Sol 1094, September 3, 2015, update from USGS scientist Lauren Edgar: The drive on Sol 1093 went well, and Curiosity drove ~15 m towards Bridger Basin. In the Sol 1094 plan, we’ll drive for ~30 m to round the turn … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Bridger Basin, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, NASA, Stimson Formation, Whitefish, Whitewater
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Curiosity update: ‘Leaving the Williams area’
Sol 1093, September 2, 2015, update from USGS scientist Lauren Edgar: After successful contact science on the Stimson unit in the Williams area, it’s time to get back on the road. In today’s plan we’ll finish up a few activities … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Bagnold Dunes, Bridger Basin, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Interlake, Ledger, Mackay Dome, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, NASA, Williams
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