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Category Archives: Reports
Curiosity: Mastcam reaches out
Sol 2311, February 5, 2019. The two Mastcam lenses (34mm and 100mm) were put to use profiling Vera Rubin Ridge (above, with the 34mm lens) and an outcrop (below, 100mm), both seen from down on the rolling terrain of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, CBU, clay-bearing unit, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Vera Rubin Ridge
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ExoMars rover named for Rosalind Franklin
The ExoMars rover that will search for the building blocks of life on the Red Planet has a name: Rosalind Franklin. The prominent scientist behind the discovery of the structure of DNA will have her symbolic footprint on Mars in … Continue reading
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Tagged ESA, European Space Agency, ExoMars, ExoMars 2020, ExoMars 2020 rover, Oxia Planum, Rosalind Franklin, Roscosmos, TGO, Trace Gas Orbiter
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Curiosity update: Cruising the clay-bearing unit
Sols 2313-14, February 6, 2019, update by MSL scientist Scott Guzewich: Curiosity is cruising through the clay-bearing unit on some compacted clast-rich soil, seen in this capture from Navcam. It’s some of the best driving terrain we’ve encountered in Gale … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Alba, CBU, clay-bearing unit, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Vera Rubin Ridge
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HiRISE: Exposing the rock in impact craters
In this complex crater (about 44-kilometers in diameter), we see bedrock in several locations from different depths in the crust. The central uplift exposes large fragments of green-toned bedrock that possibly originated from several kilometers beneath the surface. To the … Continue reading
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Tagged bedrock, central peaks, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, impact craters, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, University of Arizona
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THEMIS: Claritas Fossae channel
THEMIS Image of the Day, February 7, 2019. This VIS image shows a section of an unnamed channel. This channel starts within Claritas Fossae and empties down hill into Icaria Planum. See more THEMIS Images of the Day by geological … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, Claritas Fossae, Icaria Planum, Mars Odyssey, NASA, tectonics, THEMIS, THEMIS Image of the Day, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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Curiosity report, Sols 2257-2312, by Emily Lakdawalla, The Planetary Society
Two thousand, three hundred and two Martian days. That is how long it took from landing day for Curiosity to reach the “clay-bearing unit.” The clay-bearing unit is a region at the base of Mount Sharp where Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, CBU, clay-bearing unit, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Vera Rubin Ridge
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MARCI weather report, Jan 28-Feb 3, 2019
Conditions across Mars were similar to that of the previous week. Dust hazes remained present over many southern hemisphere regions. Looking to the northern hemisphere, a couple of dust storms associated with the north polar hood were observed north of … 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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HiRISE: A dune field near Nili Patera
In this image many sand dunes are visible. They have an elongated crescent form and are called “barchan dunes.” They are formed by the continuous action of the wind, blowing in the same direction, giving this particular shape. The orientation … Continue reading
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Tagged dune field, dunes, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, sand dunes, University of Arizona
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THEMIS: Dune swirl in Terra Cimmeria
THEMIS Image of the Day, February 6, 2019. Sand dunes cover part of the floor of this unnamed crater in Terra Cimmeria. See more THEMIS Images of the Day by geological subject.
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Tagged active dunes, Arizona State University, ASU, dunes, dust devil tracks, Mars Odyssey, NASA, sand dunes, THEMIS, THEMIS Image of the Day, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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InSight: Wind and thermal shield placed on Sol 66
[From Emily Lakdawalla’s blog at the Planetary Society] Just a brief update to point out that the InSight mission has successfully placed the wind and thermal shield over the seismometer. The seismometer will now be shielded from winds and kept … Continue reading
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Tagged Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales, CNES, Elysium Planitia, InSight, Interior Exploration Using Seismic Investigations Geodesy and Heat Transport, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, JPL, NASA, SEIS, Seismic Experiment for Interior Structure, Wind and Thermal Shield, WTS
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