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Tag Archives: Naukluft Plateau
Curiosity update: CheMin data readout and contact science at Marimba
Sol 1426, August 9, 2016, update by USGS scientist Lauren Edgar: Today’s plan is focused on retrieving CheMin data from the overnight analysis of the Marimba drill sample and MAHLI and APXS observations of the drill hole and cuttings. The … Continue reading
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Curiosity update: Trying again to deliver drill sample to CheMin
Sol 1425, August 8, 2016, update by USGS scientist Ken Herkenhoff: The second attempt to drill into Marimba went well, but the new drill sample was not transferred to CHIMRA due to a recurrence of the electrical short in the … Continue reading
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Curiosity update: It’s my party and I’ll drill if I want to…
Sol 1422-24, August 5, 2016, update by USGS scientist Lauren Edgar: Happy birthday Curiosity! As we celebrate four Earth years of operations on Mars, Curiosity will be busy collecting another drill sample. In honor of her birthday, check out all … Continue reading
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Curiosity update: Determining drill activities at Marimba
Sol 1421, August 5, 2016, update by USGS scientist Lauren Edgar: On Sol 1420 we planned a full drill hole on the target “Marimba” to characterize the composition of the Murray mudstone in this location. However, we came in early … Continue reading
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Curiosity update: Drilling Marimba
Sol 1420, August 3, 2016, update by USGS scientist Ken Herkenhoff: The Sol 1419 activities completed successfully, including cleaning the remaining Oudam sample out of CHIMRA. So the focus of the Sol 1420 plan is drilling into the Marimba bedrock … Continue reading
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Curiosity update: Cleaning CHIMRA
Sol 1419, August 2, 2016, update by USGS scientist Ken Herkenhoff: The drilling campaign on Marimba continues, dominating the Sol 1419 plan. Again, the tactical operations team was able to squeeze some additional science activities into the plan: ChemCam and Mastcam … Continue reading
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Curiosity: Brushing Marimba
Sol 1418, August 2, 2016. As Curiosity’s instrument arm swings into action and settles on the Marimba target (Hazcam, right), the rock surface is tested for “drillability” (it stays put, in other words) and then it is brushed to clean … Continue reading
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Curiosity update: Preparing to drill Marimba
Sol 1418, August 1, 2016, update by USGS scientist Ryan Anderson: Today’s plan was all about setting up for our next drill hole. Originally there was going to be no science block at all, but we ended up with a … Continue reading
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Curiosity: On the Murray bedrock
Sol 1417, August 1, 2016. Three Navcam frames looking toward the west-northwest reveal that the Murray Formation bedrock is well exposed over a large expanse. Click image to enlarge it. Sol 1417 raw images (from all cameras), and Curiosity’s latest … Continue reading
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Curiosity update: Approaching next drill target
Sol 1416-17, July 29, 2016, update from USGS scientist Ken Herkenhoff: MSL drove another 44 meters on Sol 1414, into an area with larger blocks of bedrock. This looks like a good area to drill into the Murray Formation, so … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Chibia, Curiosity, Dondo, Gale Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Buttes, Murray Formation, NASA, Naukluft Plateau, Stimson Formation
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