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Upgraded ChemCam finds varying mineral vein compositions, multiple episodes of wetting
Scientists now have a better understanding about a site with the most chemically diverse mineral veins NASA’s Curiosity rover has examined on Mars, thanks in part to a valuable new resource scientists used in analyzing data from the rover. Curiosity … Continue reading
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Curiosity: Rimrock and Mt. Sharp
Sol 950, April 9, 2015. Five Navcam frames in a composite image profile the rimrock that stands above the Garden City outcrop and which forms the north-facing slope of Artist’s Drive valley. Behind looms the lofty mound of Aeolis Mons … Continue reading
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Curiosity update: ‘Taking in the scenery along Artist’s Drive’
Sol 950, April 8, 2015, update from USGS scientist Lauren Edgar: Like most tourists who visit Artist’s Drive on Earth, Curiosity is busy taking lots of photos to document the valley walls of Artist’s Drive on Mars. We are officially … Continue reading
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Curiosity: Valley entrance in rear-view mirror
Sol 949, April 8, 2015. A four-frame Navcam composite looking back shows the gateway into the valley called Artist’s Drive, and a small dune under Curiosity’s wheels. On the left is the south-facing valley wall, with thin, slabby exposures of … Continue reading
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Curiosity update: ‘Leaving Garden City’
Sol 949, April 7, 2015, update from USGS scientist Lauren Edgar: After an extensive study of the veins at Garden City, it’s finally time to continue on our path down Artist’s Drive. We’ve collected a lot of really great data, … Continue reading
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Curiosity update: ‘Good morning, Mars’
Sol 948, April 6, 2015, update from USGS scientist Lauren Edgar: As we started the planning day before sunrise, I was reminded of the first three months of the mission that we spent living on Mars time. Today is an … Continue reading
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Curiosity update: ‘MAHLI mosaic’
Sols 946-947, April 3, 2015, update from USGS scientist Ken Herkenhoff: The MAHLI operations team did a lot of good work preparing for Sol 946, so I expected that it would be an easy day for me as uplink lead. … Continue reading
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Curiosity update: ‘Return to Garden City’
Sols 944-945, April 1, 2015, update from USGS scientist Ken Herkenhoff: After receiving and analyzing the most recent “Garden City” data, the MSL team decided that more data are needed to better understand this interesting outcrop. Therefore, after acquiring some … Continue reading
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Curiosity eyes prominent mineral veins
Two-tone mineral veins at a site NASA’s Curiosity rover has reached by climbing a layered Martian mountain offer clues about multiple episodes of fluid movement. These episodes occurred later than the wet environmental conditions that formed lake-bed deposits the rover … Continue reading
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Curiosity: Dunes, rocks, and veins in Artist’s Drive
Sol 942, April 1, 2015. Despite dunes and rocks, the Navcam shows a generally trafficable path down Artist’s Drive. This will be the onward route for Curiosity once it finishes up at Garden City and Kanosh. On the right-hand wall, … Continue reading
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