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Curiosity update: ‘ChemCam autofocus software’

Posted on May 20, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 990, May 19, 2015, update from USGS scientist Ken Herkenhoff: Testing of the new ChemCam automatic focusing software continues to go well–the instrument is returning well-focused data of the quality we got used to early in the mission.  The … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: ‘Back at Jocko Butte’

Posted on May 19, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 987-989, May 18, 2015, update from USGS scientist Ryan Anderson: The backwards drive on sol 986 was successful, and over the weekend, Curiosity drove back toward “Jocko Butte”. Before the drive on sol 987, ChemCam had a 5×1 observation … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: ‘Dodging sand, updating ChemCam’

Posted on May 9, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 980-82, May 8, 2015, update from USGS scientist Ryan Anderson: The Sol 978 drive stopped after going only a couple meters instead of the expected ~19 meters because Curiosity detected that its wheels were slipping in the sand. The … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: ‘Jocko Chute’

Posted on May 7, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 978-979, May 6, 2015, update from USGS scientist Ryan Anderson: The sol 976 drive was successful and we are close to “Jocko Chute” (our informal name for the saddle point west of Jocko Butte). In the sol 978 plan, … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: ‘Onward to Jocko Butte’

Posted on May 5, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 976-977, May 4, 2015, update from USGS scientist Ryan Anderson: With our weekend contact science done, it’s time to hit the road again. The sol 976 plan includes some final Mastcam mosaics of the interesting outcrops that we have been … Continue reading →

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