Tag Archives: Telegraph Peak

Curiosity update: Back towards Stranraer

Posted on July 12, 2018 by rburnham

Sol 2108, July 11, 2018, update by MSL scientist Roger Wiens: After being out of commission for over a year, Curiosity’s drill is making not just a comeback, but a strong one, with imminent plans for a second drill hole … Continue reading →

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Diverse environments seen in Curiosity samples

Posted on June 9, 2017 by rburnham

NASA scientists have found a wide diversity of minerals in the initial samples of rocks collected by the Curiosity rover in the lowermost layers of Mount Sharp on Mars, suggesting that conditions changed in the water environments on the planet … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: ‘Mercury transit’

Posted on April 15, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 956, April 14, 2015, update from USGS scientist Ryan Anderson: With the last portion of the Telegraph Peak sample delivered to SAM and analyzed by APXS, we are ready to keep driving. In the sol 956 plan, there is … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: ‘Dumping Telegraph Peak’

Posted on April 14, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 953-955, April 13, 2015, update from USGS scientist Ryan Anderson: Our sol 952 drive went well, and we’re very close to crossing over into a new “quad” of the map that was made before landing (meaning we will get … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: Checking Telegraph Peak dirt

Posted on April 13, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 954, April 13, 2015. The front right Navcam catches the arm deploying so the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) can examine a small pile of soil from the Telegraph Peak drilling. The three frames were taken at different times … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: ‘Veinfest’

Posted on March 26, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 937-938, March 25, 2015, update from USGS scientist Ken Herkenhoff: Interest in the dark and bright veins continues to be high, so the Sol 937 plan is dominated by observations of these features.  But first, ChemCam and Mastcam will … Continue reading →

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Curiosity’s arm delivers rock powder sample

Posted on March 12, 2015 by rburnham

NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover used its robotic arm Wednesday, March 11, to sieve and deliver a rock-powder sample to an onboard instrument. The sample was collected last month before the team temporarily suspended rover arm movement pending analysis of a … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: ‘Wrapping up diagnostics’

Posted on March 10, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 921, March 9, 2015, update from USGS scientist Ryan Anderson: The engineers on the team have been working hard to understand the current fluctuation that caused the arm to halt on Sol 911, and they are expecting to wrap … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: Looking into Telegraph Peak drill hole

Posted on March 2, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 911, February 28, 2015. A nighttime LED image by MAHLI of the Telegraph Peak drill hole shows the “dry cement powder” color of the drill tailings and layers down in the hole itself. Part of the exposed wall shows … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: ‘Drilling Telegraph Peak…’

Posted on February 27, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 908-913, February 27, 2015, update from USGS scientist Ryan Anderson: It’s been a busy week on Mars, as usual! The big activity in the Sol 908 plan was drilling at the target “Telegraph Peak”. After the drilling, on sol 909 … Continue reading →

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