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Category Archives: Reports
MARCI weather report, May 20-26, 2019
Last week on Mars, water ice clouds and small dust-lifting events continued to be observed along the retreating seasonal north polar ice cap edge. Near the end of the week, larger pulses of dust activity were spotted over the plains … 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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Curiosity: Return to Woodland Bay
Sol 2420, May 28, 2019. Two sets of Curiosity wheel tracks are visible at right in this Navcam composite view. Mission scientists commanded the rover to return to a possible drill site, the layered outcrop dubbed Woodland Bay (circled), first … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, CBU, clay-bearing unit, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Glen Torridon, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Vera Rubin Ridge, Woodland Bay
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HiRISE: The floor of a crater in the Phlegra region
The floor of a crater in the Phlegra region. The objective of this observation is to examine this crater floor that not only cracks in it, but also what looks like lava piled up in one area. HiRISE Picture of … Continue reading
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Tagged High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiPOD, HiRISE, HiRISE Picture of the Day, lava flows, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, Phlegra Montes, University of Arizona
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THEMIS: Herschel Crater floor in false color
THEMIS Image of the Day, May 29, 2019. This false color image shows part of the floor of Herschel Crater. The THEMIS VIS camera contains 5 filters. The data from different filters can be combined in multiple ways to create … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, basaltic sand, dunes, false color, Herschel Crater, Mars Odyssey, NASA, sand dunes, THEMIS, THEMIS Image of the Day, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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HiRISE: Hephaestus Fossae pits
Hephaestus Fossae pits. The Hephaestus Fossae are a system of troughs and channels that are about 604 kilometers in length. The fossae have been tentatively identified as outflow channels, but their origin and evolution remain ambiguous. HiRISE Picture of the … Continue reading
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Tagged channels, collapse features, Hephaestus Fossae, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiPOD, HiRISE, HiRISE Picture of the Day, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, troughs, University of Arizona
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10 things you didn’t know about Mars
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Tagged ESA, European Space Agency, ExoMars, ExoMars 2020, ExoMars 2020 rover, Oxia Planum, Rosalind Franklin, Roscosmos
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Curiosity update: Easy driving
Sols 2419-21, May 28, 2019, update by MSL scientist Dawn Sumner: We’ve left multiple tracks across the cobblestone plain of Glen Torridon. This image shows our current view to the northeast, with the slope of Mount Sharp on the right … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, CBU, clay-bearing unit, Cumbernauld, Cupar, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Glen Torridon, Hillhead, Kinghorn, Kintore, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Scolty Bay, Tomintoul, Vera Rubin Ridge
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THEMIS: Noachis Terra crater floor
THEMIS Image of the Day, May 28, 2019. Today’s image shows the floor of an unnamed crater in Noachis Terra. The THEMIS VIS camera contains 5 filters. The data from different filters can be combined in multiple ways to create … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, false color, Mars Odyssey, NASA, Noachis Terra, THEMIS, THEMIS Image of the Day, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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Europe to Mars — and back!
Europe has been in orbit around Mars for more than 15 years and is almost a year away from launching its first rover mission, but ambitions are already running high to go one step further: returning a sample from the … Continue reading
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Tagged ESA, European Space Agency, ExoMars, ExoMars 2020, ExoMars 2020 rover, Mars Express, Mars sample return, MEX, Oxia Planum, Rosalind Franklin, Roscosmos, TGO, Trace Gas Orbiter
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Tectonic evolution of Juventae Chasma
[Editor’s note: From a paper by Ranjan Sarkar and four co-authors recently published in Icarus.] Tectonic Evolution of Juventae Chasma, Mars, and the Deformational and Depositional Structural Attributes of the Four Major Light-toned Rock Exposures Therein • Juventae Chasma is … Continue reading