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Sol 603, April 17, 2014: update on Curiosity from U.S. Geological Survey scientist Ken Herkenhoff: “While most of the MSL science team met at Caltech to discuss recent results and plans for the near future, the tactical team planned.…” [More … Continue reading →

Driving around the southern end of Mount Remarkable, visible in part at right. NASA description: This image was taken by Navcam: Right B (NAV_RIGHT_B) onboard NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 603 (2014-04-17 16:54:58 UTC). More Sol 603 images (from all … Continue reading →

NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover used its Navigation Camera (Navcam) to record this scene of a butte called “Mount Remarkable” and surrounding outcrops at a waypoint called “the Kimberley” inside Gale Crater. The butte stands about 16 feet (5 meters) high. … Continue reading →

Sol 602, April 16, 2014: update on Curiosity from U.S. Geological Survey scientist Ken Herkenhoff: “I’m attending a 3-day meeting of the full MSL science team, so I’m less focused on rover operations than usual this week. After lots of…” … Continue reading →

(3 of 3) And what the MAHLI saw. NASA description: NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity acquired this image using its Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI), located on the turret at the end of the rover’s robotic arm, on April 15, 2014, … Continue reading →

(2 of 3) And what the (right-side) Navcam saw. Note the small rocks, center right, pushed down into the soft ground by the rover’s wheels. NASA description: This image was taken by Navcam: Right B (NAV_RIGHT_B) onboard NASA’s Mars rover … Continue reading →

(1 of 3) The instrument arm moves in to study a piece of “pavement” at the Kimberley outcrop. The hill in the left background is Mount Remarkable; the local time was 2:30 p.m. NASA description: This image was taken by … Continue reading →

As Curiosity maneuvered on the southeast edge of the Kimberley outcrop, its left-side Navcam imaged the rock layers and above them part of Mount Remarkable, the largest of the three main mounds that flank Kimberley. It lies at the outcrop’s … Continue reading →