Tag Archives: Namib Dune

Curiosity update: Analyzing the sands of Mars

Posted on January 29, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1239-40, January 29, 2016, update from USGS scientist Ryan Anderson: Since the anomaly with CHIMRA is still being investigated, there was no science involving the arm in today’s plan. Still, there was plenty to do, and we had to … Continue reading →

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Curiosity snaps sandy selfie

Posted on January 29, 2016 by rburnham

The latest self-portrait from NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover shows the car-size mobile laboratory beside a dark dune where it has been scooping and sieving samples of sand. The new selfie combines 57 images taken by the Mars Hand Lens Imager … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: Gullies on a dune

Posted on January 29, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1237, January 29, 2016. The right and left Navcams shot a two-frame picture of the crumbling lip of Namib Dune, revealing a texture in small scale rather like the much larger gullies on the insides of crater rims. Click … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: CHIMRA diagnostics

Posted on January 28, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1237-38, January 27, 2016, update from USGS scientist Ken Herkenhoff: The cause of the CHIMRA anomaly is still being investigated, so no arm motion was planned today while diagnostic testing continues.  Because only remote science observations are allowed, it … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: ‘CHIMRA anomaly’

Posted on January 26, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1235-36, January 26, 2016, update from USGS scientist Ken Herkenhoff: I’m scheduled as MAHLI/MARDI uplink lead today, and was looking forward to planning more close-up imaging as the Namib dune campaign continues.  Unfortunately, the CHIMRA behaved in an unexpected … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Working through the To-Do list

Posted on January 22, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1232-35, January 22, 2016, update from USGS scientist Ryan Anderson: We are steadily continuing to check things off of the long “To Do” list for our stop at Namib Dune. This weekend’s plan starts on sol 1232 with a … Continue reading →

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Curiosity tastes scooped & double-sieved sand

Posted on January 22, 2016 by rburnham

At its current location for inspecting an active sand dune, NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover is adding some sample-processing moves not previously used on Mars. Sand from the second and third samples the rover is scooping from “Namib Dune” will be … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: ‘Getting the scoop at Namib Dune’

Posted on January 21, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1230-31, January 20, 2016, update from USGS scientist Ryan Anderson: Our campaign to analyze “Namib Dune” continues! In the sol 1230-1231 plan the main event is dropping off some sand in the SAM instrument, but some of the other … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: ‘Selfie and scooping’

Posted on January 19, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1228-29, January 18, 2016, update from USGS scientist Ryan Anderson: Our campaign to analyze the Bagnold dunes continues! In the Sol 1228 plan we have a bunch of arm activity, starting with a rover “selfie” in front of the … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: ‘Analyzing dump piles’

Posted on January 17, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1225-27, January 15, 2016, update from USGS scientist Lauren Edgar: As seen in the images above, the arm activities on Sols 1223-1224 went well, and we’re ready for even more contact science in the 3-sol weekend plan.  To kick … Continue reading →

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