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Tag Archives: Endurance Crater
Curiosity update: Why are we cracking up?
Sols 2352-53, March 19, 2019, update by MSL scientist Dawn Sumner: Today was a fun, busy day to plan. Curiosity finally made the drive to a rock called “Muir of Ord,” which has a cracked surface. The science team is … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Aldons Quarry, CBU, clay-bearing unit, Crail, Crieff, Crossroads, Curiosity, Endurance Crater, fractures, Gale Crater, Glen Torridon, James, Kilmarnock, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, mud cracks, Muir of Ord, Murray Formation, NASA, Old Soaker, Opportunity, Small Isles, Wopmay
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Opportunity: Hazcam tour of Meridiani Planum, Sols 1-5104
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Tagged Cape Byron, Cape Tribulation, Eagle Crater, Endeavour Crater, Endurance Crater, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, Meridiani Planum, NASA, Opportunity, Perseverance Valley, Victoria Crater
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Gathering the rocks of Meridiani Planum
[Editor’s note: From a paper by Michael Bouchard and Bradley Joliff recently published in the Journal of Geophysical Research.] A Systematic Method for Classifying and Grouping Late Noachian and Early Hesperian Rock Targets Analyzed by the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity … Continue reading
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Tagged Botany Bay, Burns Formation, Cape York, Eagle Crater, Endeavour Crater, Endurance Crater, Gagarin, Grasberg Formation, Marathon Valley, Marquette, Mars Exploration Rover, Matijevic Formation, MER, Meridiani Planum, Murray Ridge, NASA, Opportunity, Shoemaker Formation, Solander Point, Victoria Crater
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