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Tag Archives: Highfield
Curiosity: Peeking into Highfield
Sol 2225, November 9, 2018. Above is the front Hazcam view showing the location of the Highfield drill hole (arrow). Note Mt. Sharp on the skyline at left. At right is a two-frame composite by the Remote Micro-Imager showing Highfield … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Highfield, Jura, Lake Orcadie, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Vera Rubin Ridge
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Curiosity update: Science galore at the 18th hole
Sol 2225, November 9, 2018, update by MSL scientist Claire Newman: Tosol we received confirmation that Curiosity’s drill yestersol was successful, as shown in this Navcam image of the “Highfield” target – our eighteenth drill hole in the martian surface! … Continue reading
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Curiosity update: Go for drilling at Highfield!
Sol 2224, November 8, 2018, update by MSL scientist Mark Salvatore: Today was a good day on Mars. The science and engineering teams are making preparations to drill a patch of grey bedrock named “Highfield”, which will be our latest … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Highfield, Inverness, Lake Orcadie, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Vera Rubin Ridge
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Curiosity: Mastcam scouts Highfield and vicinity
Sol 2222, November 6, 2018. Mastcam shot a six-frame composite centered on the next drill target, Highfield. (Note the many light-toned mineral veins running through the flat-lying rock outcrops.) Click the image (6 MB) to enlarge it. Sol 2222 raw … Continue reading
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Curiosity update: Optimism for ‘Highfield’
Sol 2223, November 7, 2018, update by MSL scientist Lauren Edgar: On Sol 2222, Curiosity drove ~10 m towards the “Lake Orcadie” location, in the hopes that we would be able to drill the gray Jura member here. Today’s plan … Continue reading
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