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Curiosity update: A slight change of plans

Posted on August 13, 2019 by rburnham

Sols 2495-96, August 12, 2019, update by MSL scientist Vivian Sun: Today’s planning began with a bit of a shuffle as we learned that the sample cup that was used for SAM preconditioning over the weekend didn’t seal as well … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Just another week on Mars

Posted on August 12, 2019 by rburnham

Sols 2492-94, August 12, 2019, update by MSL scientist Brittney Cooper: It’s the end of another week on Mars, and today we put together a 3 sol weekend plan for Curiosity. Given the RSM-related issues that we incurred this past … Continue reading →

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Latest weather at Gale Crater and Elysium Planitia

Posted on August 9, 2019 by rburnham

Daily Elysium charts and data (temperature, wind speed, atmospheric pressure) here.

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Curiosity update: A change in the weather (observations)

Posted on August 9, 2019 by rburnham

Sols 2489-91, August 8, 2019, update by MSL scientist Claire Newman: Over the weekend, Curiosity successfully dropped off a portion of the Glen Etive drill sample. But for some reason, the sequence was interrupted, so no images of the portion … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Success on the 22nd drill hole; happy landing day — on to year 8!

Posted on August 6, 2019 by rburnham

Sol 2488, August 5, 2019, update by MSL scientist Roger Wiens: On Sunday morning the team received the message that Curiosity’s latest drill hole was successful at “Glen Etive.” This is the 22nd full-depth drill hole on Mars, and we … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: New finds, 7 years post-landing

Posted on August 5, 2019 by rburnham

NASA’s Curiosity rover has come a long way since touching down on Mars seven years ago. It has traveled a total of 13 miles (21 kilometers) and ascended 1,207 feet (368 meters) to its current location. Along the way, Curiosity … Continue reading →

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Latest weather at Gale Crater and Elysium Planitia

Posted on August 5, 2019 by rburnham

Daily Elysium charts and data (temperature, wind speed, atmospheric pressure) here.

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Curiosity update: Affirm-Etive: We are GO for drilling at Glen Etive 1!

Posted on August 5, 2019 by rburnham

Sols 2485-87, August 2, 2019, update by MSL scientist Lucy Thompson: Late during planning yesterday, we got the go ahead to proceed with full drilling at “Glen Etive 1.” We received the results of the APXS and ChemCam compositional analysis … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: MAHLI checks over the outcrop

Posted on August 2, 2019 by rburnham

Sol 2484, August 2, 2019. With Curiosity parked on the Southern Outcrop and looking for a place to drill, mission scientists put the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) to work checking out the layers from close range. Click the image … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Preparing to drill

Posted on August 2, 2019 by rburnham

Sol 2484, August 1, 2019, update by MSL scientist Mark Salvatore: Today’s science activities were planned with the hopes of drilling our next target this weekend. The scientists on today’s shift were largely interested in characterizing the large block of … Continue reading →

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