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Category Archives: Reports
Curiosity update: Exploring the new terrain – one measurement at a time
Sols 2315-17, February 11, 2019, update by MSL scientist Suzanne Schwenzer: Curiosity is driving across the clay-bearing unit, which is still a very new terrain with many details yet to be understood. The region is covered in little pebbles – … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Alba, CBU, clay-bearing unit, Curiosity, Dauntless, Emerald, Faoilean, Gale Crater, Glen Torridon, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Osprey, Otter, River Brora, Thistle
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HiRISE: An elongated pit in Margaritifer Terra
An elongated pit in Margaritifer Terra. There is nothing more interesting than a feature that resembles a giant amoeba. Margaritifer Terra is an ancient, heavily cratered region, centered just south of the Martian equator, and covers 2600 kilometers at its … Continue reading
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Tagged collapse pits, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiPOD, HiRISE, HiRISE Picture of the Day, Margaritifer Terra, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, pits, University of Arizona, volcanics
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Opportunity: More than 835 recovery commands have been sent
NASA Mars Exploration Rover Status Report, February 7, 2019: Mars atmospheric opacity (tau) over the rover site is estimated to be somewhere in the range of 0.9 to 1.3. No signal from Opportunity has been heard since Sol 5111 (June … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Byron, Endeavour Crater, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity, Perseverance Valley
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THEMIS: Floods of once-molten rock spread across Daedalia Planum
THEMIS Image of the Day, February 11, 2019. Today’s VIS image shows part of the extensive volcanic flows that make up Daedalia Planum. The different layers and surface textures are due to flows at different times, or the affect of … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, Daedalia Planum, lava flows, Mars Odyssey, NASA, THEMIS, THEMIS Image of the Day, Thermal Emission Imaging System, volcanics
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HiRISE: Wind flow
The atmospheric pressure on Earth at sea level is about 1 bar. On Mars, the pressure is 6 to 10 millibars, or 1/100th that of our planet. But even in this atmosphere, wind still flows around obstacles. In this image … Continue reading
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Tagged High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, sand dunes, sand ripples, University of Arizona, wind
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Curiosity departs Vera Rubin Ridge
After exploring Mars’ Vera Rubin Ridge for more than a year, NASA’s Curiosity rover recently moved on. But a new 360-video lets the public visit Curiosity’s final drill site on the ridge, an area nicknamed “Rock Hall.” The video was … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, CBU, clay-bearing unit, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Glen Torridon, hematite, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Vera Rubin Ridge
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Weather at Gale Crater
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Tagged Curiosity, dust storms, Gale Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, MSL, NASA, temperature, weather
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HiRISE: Layered history
The geologic history of a planet is written in its layers. Erosion of the surface reveals several shades of light toned layers, likely sedimentary deposits. The most recent geologic features are the narrow sand dunes snaking across the top of … Continue reading
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Tagged erosion, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, layers, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, sedimentary deposits, University of Arizona
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THEMIS: Noachis crater dunes
THEMIS Image of the Day, February 8, 2019. Sand dunes cover part of the floor of this unnamed crater in Noachis Terra. Their dark tint suggests they are relatively free of light-toned dust, hence probably active under winds currently. See … Continue reading
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Tagged active dunes, Arizona State University, ASU, dunes, Mars Odyssey, NASA, Noachis Terra, sand dunes, THEMIS, THEMIS Image of the Day, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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Boulder trails suggest possible recent marsquakes
[Editor’s note: From a paper by Jason Brown and Gerald Roberts co-authors recently published in the Journal of Geophysical Research.] Possible evidence for variation in magnitude for marsquakes from fallen boulder populations, Grjota Valles, Mars Boulder trail populations were measured … Continue reading
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Tagged boulders, Grjota Valles, InSight, Interior Exploration Using Seismic Investigations Geodesy and Heat Transport, marsquakes, seismicity
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