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Tag Archives: Highfield
Curiosity report, Sols 2163-2256, by Emily Lakdawalla, The Planetary Society
It’s been a challenging few months on the Curiosity mission, but the team’s hard work and persistence has saw them recover from a major computer anomaly and make progress on science goals at Vera Rubin ridge. Curiosity has been exploring … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Highfield, Inverness, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Vera Rubin Ridge
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Curiosity update: Grey today, red tomorrow
Sol 2250-51, December 3, 2018, update by MSL scientist Suzanne Schwenzer: On sol 2250 Curiosity finishes the observations on and around the Highfield drill hole and drives on to an area where red Jura is exposed. The dataset Curiosity collected … Continue reading
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Curiosity: Windblown tailings from Highfield
Sol 2247, December 2, 2018. The Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) took a photo of the Highfield drill hole and the tailings on the surface around the hole. The wind has scattered some of the tailings, and scientists are studying … Continue reading
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Curiosity update: Hunting shiny things
Sol 2245-46, November 28, 2018, update by MSL scientist Suzanne Schwenzer: Curiosity woke up to Mr Rogers “Please would you be my neighbor” this morning to welcome InSight, and then got very busy at the Highfield drill site. Every plan … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Curiosity, Eildon, Flanders Moss, Forres, Gale Crater, Highfield, Jura, Little Colonsay, Little Todday, Mars Science Laboratory, meteorites, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Vera Rubin Ridge
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Curiosity update: Rover has a minor post-holiday hiccup, but is happy and healthy
Sol 2243-44, November 26, 2018, update by MSL scientist Lucy Thompson: Curiosity was happy and healthy after the Thanksgiving holiday, but experienced a minor post-holiday hiccup during a test of delivering sample portions to the workspace. The rover’s robotic arm … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Curiosity, Dunecht, Gale Crater, Grampian, Highfield, Jura, Kerrera, Kingseat, Little Todday, Lothian, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Sand Loch, Vera Rubin Ridge, Windyedge
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Curiosity update: No turkey, but many side dishes
Sol 2236-39, November 19, 2018, update by MSL scientist Fred Calef: Curiosity is planning a smorgasbord of science over the next few days as it awaits results from digesting the “Highfield” drill target material. We’ll continue change detection observations including … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Greenheugh, Grey Mares Tail, Highfield, Little Todday, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Rosemarkie, Sand Loch, Vera Rubin Ridge, Windyedge
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Curiosity update: SAM goes to Highfield
Sol 2231-32, November 14, 2018, update by MSL scientist Scott Guzewich: It’s SAM day for our Highfield drill target! Today we planned to deliver a sample of the ground up rock from our Highfield drill hole to the SAM instrument. … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Bridge of Don, Brigadoon, Curiosity, Fraser Castle, Gale Crater, Highfield, Little Todday, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Vera Rubin Ridge
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Curiosity: Mastcam images Highfield drill hole
Sol 2227, November 11, 2018. The tailings pile high around the Highfield drill hole in this Mastcam (100 mm) view. Click to enlarge it. Sol 2227 raw images (from all cameras).
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Curiosity update: Preparing for more SAMple
Sol 2229-30, November 12, 2018, update by MSL scientist Rachel Kronyak: Following a successful weekend of science activities at the “Highfield” drill site, today we’re planning Sols 2229-2230. We’re eagerly awaiting data from CheMin, which will tell us all about … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Curiosity, Flanders Moss, Fraser Castle, Gale Crater, Highfield, Loch Ba, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Sand Loch, Slate Islands, Vera Rubin Ridge, Windyedge
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Curiosity update: We came, we science’d, we… still have a lot to do!
Sol 2226-28, November 9, 2018, update by MSL scientist Samantha Gwizd: As we enter this weekend thinking about football, raking leaves, and if you’re like me, sleeping a bit more, Curiosity will be gearing up for three sols of hard … Continue reading
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