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Curiosity update: ‘ChemCam autofocus software’

Posted on May 20, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 990, May 19, 2015, update from USGS scientist Ken Herkenhoff: Testing of the new ChemCam automatic focusing software continues to go well–the instrument is returning well-focused data of the quality we got used to early in the mission.  The … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: ‘Back at Jocko Butte’

Posted on May 19, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 987-989, May 18, 2015, update from USGS scientist Ryan Anderson: The backwards drive on sol 986 was successful, and over the weekend, Curiosity drove back toward “Jocko Butte”. Before the drive on sol 987, ChemCam had a 5×1 observation … Continue reading →

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