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Tag Archives: Lumphanan
Curiosity: Looking at Lumphanan
Sol 2376, April 13, 2019. Curiosity’s Remote Micro-Imager took a look at the target that mission scientists have dubbed Lumphanan, tagged as a possible meteorite. Click the image to enlarge it. Sol 2376 raw images (from all cameras).
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, CBU, clay-bearing unit, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Glen Torridon, Lumphanan, Mars Science Laboratory, meteorites, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, nickel-iron meteorites
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Curiosity update: Refining composition and mineralogy at Aberlady
Sols 2376-77, April 13, 2019, update by MSL scientist Vivian Sun: We are continuing the sequence of drill activities at Aberlady. We will be collecting APXS of the dump pile with two offset observations to better understand any compositional variations, … Continue reading
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Tagged Aberlady, Aeolis Mons, Ben Vane, CBU, clay-bearing unit, Claymore, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Glen Torridon, Glen Water, John O Groats, Kirkcaldy, Lumphanan, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Seil
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Curiosity update: Taking some time for remote science
Sol 2374, April 11, 2019, update by MSL scientist Rachel Kronyak: This week’s drill activities have been very power-intensive for Curiosity. So we’ll spend today, Sol 2374, catching up on some remote science observations while waiting for data from yesterday’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Aberlady, Aeolis Mons, CBU, clay-bearing unit, Claymore, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Glen Torridon, Lumphanan, Mars Science Laboratory, Middle Field, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, North Berwick
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Curiosity update: Edging closer and closer to a new drill target!
Sols 2365-66, April 2, 2019, update by MSL scientist Catherine O’Connell-Cooper: One of the primary goals of the Curiosity mission, to determine the composition of a region which appears to be rich in clays (informally known as “Glen Torridon”), is … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, CBU, clay-bearing unit, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Glen Torridon, Longannet, Lumphanan, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Tartan, Teal
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