Tag Archives: Aeolis Mons

Curiosity update: Optimism for ‘Highfield’

Posted on November 7, 2018 by rburnham

Sol 2223, November 7, 2018, update by MSL scientist Lauren Edgar: On Sol 2222, Curiosity drove ~10 m towards the “Lake Orcadie” location, in the hopes that we would be able to drill the gray Jura member here. Today’s plan … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: At the Lake

Posted on November 6, 2018 by rburnham

Sol 2222, November 6, 2018. Curiosity is again at Lake Orcadie. The image above is by the Navcam looking down, and the image at right shows the Hazcam view. Below is a Sol 2221 view of the Lake Orcadie outcrop. … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Return to Lake Orcadie!

Posted on November 6, 2018 by rburnham

Sol 2222, November 6, 2018, update by MSL scientist Catherine O’Connell-Cooper: Our attempts to drill grey rock on the “Vera Rubin Ridge” (VRR) continue. We are returning to an area known as “Lake Orcadie,” the site of two previous drill … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Curiosity goes bump!

Posted on November 5, 2018 by rburnham

Sol 2219-21, November 2, 2018, update by MSL scientist Kristen Bennett: Yesterday Curiosity drove for the first time since sol 2166! Our intrepid explorer is truly back at it after a few weeks off due to the anomaly. The short … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: No candy, just science for Curiosity

Posted on November 3, 2018 by rburnham

Sol 2218, November 1, 2018, update by MSL scientist Sarah Lamm: Curiosity had a good Halloween because it had resumed contact science. Today, Curiosity will have a targeted science block, drive, and then have an untargeted science block. MAHLI will … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: Test drive

Posted on November 2, 2018 by rburnham

Sol 2218, November 2, 2018. Mission controllers directed Curiosity to make a test drive to the southwest a short distance. The Navcam composite above shows what lies ahead of Curiosity at drive’s end. Click the image to enlarge it. Sol … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: MAHLI tackles Grange

Posted on November 1, 2018 by rburnham

Sol 2217, November 1, 2018. The Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) has taken a look at Grange. At right is a six-frame composite closeup.  The image enlarges when clicked. Sol 2217 raw images (from all cameras).

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Curiosity: Looking closely at Grange

Posted on November 1, 2018 by rburnham

Sol 2216, October 31, 2018. Curiosity’s Remote Micro-Imager took a two frame close-up on the target dubbed Grange (right). The location of Grange is shown by the yellow arrow in the Mastcam image from Sol 2214 (Oct 29); to the … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: A BOO-tiful Halloween on Mars

Posted on November 1, 2018 by rburnham

Sol 2217, November 1, 2018, update by MSL scientist Lucy Thompson: Today was an exciting day for me as a member of the APXS team and filling the role of payload uplink lead, as Sol 2217 marked a return to … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: Mastcam views, near and far

Posted on October 30, 2018 by rburnham

Sol 2214, October 29, 2018. Curiosity’s Mastcam (34 mm lens) shot a six-frame portrait of the rover’s workspace (above), with the partial drill hole at Inverness in the middle. Below, a sequence of frames showing the terrain lying to the … Continue reading →

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