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Category Archives: Reports
Latest weather at Gale Crater and Elysium Planitia
Daily Elysium charts and data (temperature, wind speed, atmospheric pressure) here.
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Tagged Curiosity, dust storms, Elysium Planitia, Gale Crater, InSight, Interior Exploration Using Seismic Investigations Geodesy and Heat Transport, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, JPL, Mars Science Laboratory, MSL, NASA, temperature, Temperature and Wind for InSight, TWINS, weather
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HiRISE: The hills in Eos Chasma
The hills in Eos Chasma. They may not be alive with the sound of music, but we’ll take the opportunity to look for recurring slope lineae, small gullies and slumped material. HiRISE Picture of the Day archive. [More at links]
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Tagged Eos Chasma, gullies, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiPOD, HiRISE, HiRISE Picture of the Day, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, mass wasting, MRO, NASA, recurring slope lineae, RSL, University of Arizona
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THEMIS: Cerberus Fossae and Tartarus Montes
THEMIS Image of the Day, July 25, 2019. Today’s VIS image shows part of Cerberus Fossae. These large graben cut across the Tartarus Montes in Elysium Planitia. A graben forms when large blocks of material slide downward between paired faults … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, Cerberus Fossae, Elysium Planitia, graben, Mars Odyssey, NASA, Tartarus Montes, tectonics, THEMIS, THEMIS Image of the Day, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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Curiosity update: Powering through!
Sol 2475, July 23, 2019, update by MSL scientist Dawn Sumner: It’s winter for Curiosity, and it’s cold. That means that we have to spend extra energy heating up the instruments and motors for our activities. All of our energy … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, CBU, clay-bearing unit, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Glen Torridon, Mars Science Laboratory, Monreith, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Southern Outcrop
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Mars 2020 rover power system fueling begins
NASA’s Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate, Thomas Zurbuchen, has given the go-ahead to begin fueling the Mars 2020 rover’s Multi-Mission Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator, or MMRTG. The generator will power the rover and help keep it warm while exploring … Continue reading
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Tagged Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Jezero Crater, JPL, M2020, Mars 2020, Mars 2020 rover, MMRTG, Multi-Mission Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator, NASA
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MARCI weather report, July 15-21, 2019
For the past week on Mars, small sporadic dust storms continued along the south polar hood. Dust activity was also observed a bit further north over Solis Planum, central Cimmeria, and just south of eastern Valles Marineris. Looking to the … Continue reading
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Tagged atmosphere, clouds, dust, dust storms, haze, Malin Space Science Systems, MARCI, Mars Color Imager, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, MSSS, NASA, storms, weather, wind
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2018 global dust storm according to Curiosity’s REMS instrument in Gale Crater
[Editor’s note: From a paper by Daniel Viúdez‐Moreiras and 14 co-authors recently published in the Journal of Geophysical Research.] Effects of the MY34/2018 Global Dust Storm as Measured by MSL REMS in Gale Crater • Atmospheric opacity over Gale Crater … Continue reading
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Tagged atmosphere, atmospheric pressure, Curiosity, Gale Crater, global dust storm, Mars Science Laboratory, MSL, relative humidity, REMS, Rover Environmental Monitoring Station
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HiRISE: Floor and north rim of Dokka Crater
Floor and north rim of Dokka Crater. Dokka Crater is 52-kilometers in diameter and located in the north polar region of Mars. Its interior is presumably a remnant of a former polar cap with larger extension, so it could provide … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, climate cycles, Dokka Crater, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiPOD, HiRISE, HiRISE Picture of the Day, ice, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, north polar ice cap, University of Arizona
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THEMIS: Bahram Vallis channel
THEMIS Image of the Day, July 24, 2019. Bahram Vallis crosses this VIS image. Bharam Vallis drains from the higher elevations of Lunae Planum into the Chryse Planitia basin. At the base of several of the scalloped channel wall sections, … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, Bahram Vallis, Chryse Planitia, fluvial channels, Lunae Planum, Mars Odyssey, mass wasting, NASA, THEMIS, THEMIS Image of the Day, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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Evidence for fluvial deposition in Arabia Terra
[Editor’s note: From a paper by Joel Davis and six co-authors recently published in the Journal of Geophysical Research.] A Diverse Array of Fluvial Depositional Systems in Arabia Terra: Evidence for mid‐Noachian to Early Hesperian Rivers on Mars • Fluvial … Continue reading
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Tagged Arabia Terra, fluvial channels, fluvial deposits, fluvial erosion, fluvial landforms, fluvial processes, inverted channels, lacustrine sediments, lake bed sediments, open-basin lakes, paleolakes, sedimentary deposits, sinuous ridge, valleys
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