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Curiosity update: From Biwabik back to Torridon

Posted on April 5, 2018 by rburnham

Sol 2013, April 4, 2018, update by MSL scientist Roger Wiens: Factoids: Mars is the only known planet inhabited exclusively by active robots. It has been this way for over fourteen Earth years, with a cumulative total of twenty-six Earth … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Moving on

Posted on April 4, 2018 by rburnham

Sol 2012, April 4, 2018, update by MSL scientist Christopher Edwards: After failing to pass SRAP (the process that makes sure the rover is safe to use its arm) on the previous sol (see Sol 2011 for details), we finished … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Take only pictures, leave only wheel tracks

Posted on April 3, 2018 by rburnham

Sol 2011, April 2, 2018, update by MSL scientist Ryan Anderson: After the weekend drive, the rover ended up in a spot that was a little too unstable to pass the Slip Risk Assessment Process (SRAP). That means that there … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Exploring variations in composition, texture, and color

Posted on March 31, 2018 by rburnham

Sols 2008-10, March 30, 2018, update by MSL scientist Lauren Edgar: Yesterday Curiosity drove 35 m to the southeast, which set us up for some great contact science on the rim of a small impact crater. We’re working our way … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Today is a Shetland day!

Posted on March 30, 2018 by rburnham

Sol 2007, March 29, 2018, update by MSL scientist Mark Salvatore: The science team today had a few tough decisions to make to balance time and power. The three activities that must be balanced were arm activities (including high-resolution imaging … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: Rolling ridge rocks

Posted on March 30, 2018 by rburnham

Sol 2007, March 30, 2018. After a drive of nearly 32 meters (105 feet) to the southeast, Curiosity halted, and the Navcam took the usual end-of-drive view. The surface of Vera Rubin Ridge shows a distinctly rolling terrain ahead. Click … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Three (martian) years on the surface!

Posted on March 29, 2018 by rburnham

Sol 2006, March 28, 2018, update by MSL scientist Mark Salvatore: As of ~9:00pm Pacific Daylight Time this evening, Curiosity will have made three revolutions around the Sun while exploring Gale crater. Quite a feat, considering Curiosity’s primary mission was … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Squarely in the red

Posted on March 28, 2018 by rburnham

Sol 2005, March 28, 2018, update by MSL scientist Christopher Edwards: After completing a nearly 55m drive, Curiosity found itself sitting right in the middle of the strongest spectral detection of hematite identified along its path up Mt. Sharp. This … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: Southern exposure

Posted on March 27, 2018 by rburnham

Sol 2004, March 27, 2018. Five Navcam frames provide a southern view, after Curiosity drove 54 meters (177 feet) to the northeast. Click the image to enlarge it. Sol 2004 raw images (from all cameras), and Curiosity’s latest location.

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Curiosity update: Let’s try that one more time

Posted on March 27, 2018 by rburnham

Sol 2004, March 26, 2018, update by MSL scientist Abigail Fraeman: For Sol 2004, Curiosity threw it back to the 2004′s sleeper hit Mean Girls when the rover said, “Stop trying to make ‘drive’ happen.” The weekend drive stopped after … Continue reading →

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