Tag Archives: Murray Buttes

Curiosity update: Leaving Murray Buttes

Posted on September 23, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1469, September 22, 2016, update by USGS scientist Ken Herkenhoff: MSL drove over 87 meters on Sol 1468, toward an outcrop named “Karasburg.”  The Sol 1469 plan includes another drive toward Karasburg, after ChemCam and Mastcam sample a local … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: Murray Buttes outliers

Posted on September 22, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1468, September 22, 2016. Three Navcam frames (1.7 MB) show the ground ahead, as Curiosity drives away from the Murray Buttes. Yet the rover is not entirely beyond the buttes, as outliers stand at left and also in line … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Finishing up at Quela

Posted on September 21, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1467-68, September 20, 2016, update by USGS scientist Ken Herkenhoff: The activities planned for Sol 1466 are going well so far–the only problem is that the ChemCam observation of the Quela drill hole wall is slightly out of focus.  So … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: A new drill hole

Posted on September 20, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1466, September 19, 2016, update by USGS scientist Ryan Anderson: The second attempt to drill into Quela was successful, but there was a timing issue during sample manipulation in CHIMRA that resulted in premature halting of the Sol 1465 … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: Mt. Sharp views, MAHLI & Navcam

Posted on September 19, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1463, September 17, 2016. While the rover’s science team focuses mainly on the drill site, the color Mars Hand-Lens Imager (MAHLI) and the grayscale Navcam take a look at the scenery ahead. Above, MAHLI’s view (3.2 MB); below, the … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Drill troubleshooting

Posted on September 16, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1462, September 16, 2016, update by USGS scientist Ryan Anderson: Unfortunately the Sol 1461 drilling activities did not complete as expected, so the Sol 1462 plan was focused on trying to understand the problem while also doing some remote … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: Bright bits in sedimentary rock

Posted on September 16, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1462, September 16, 2016. With Curiosity parked at the Quela drill target, the ChemCam’s Remote Micro-Imager shot a three-frame composite (1 MB) focused on a blocky rockfall. The rock’s sedimentary layers include numerous light-toned bits, but these appear to … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Time to drill

Posted on September 15, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1461, September 14, 2016, update by USGS scientist Lauren Edgar: It’s always an exciting day on Mars when you prepare to drill another sample – an engineering feat that we’ve become so accustomed to that I sometimes forget how … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Preparing to drill

Posted on September 13, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1460, September 13, 2016, update by USGS scientist Lauren Edgar: Yesterday was sol 2 of the drill campaign at “Quela” and we did a lot of great remote sensing, contact science and wheel imaging (see the above RMI image … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Settling in at Quela

Posted on September 12, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1456-57, September 9, 2016, update by USGS scientist Ryan Anderson: We had a successful drive yesterday, and Curiosity is now parked at our next drill site, called “Quela”, right at the base of one of the Murray Buttes. The … Continue reading →

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