Tag Archives: Aeolis Mons

Curiosity update: A windswept workspace

Posted on October 30, 2018 by rburnham

Sol 2216, October 29, 2018, update by MSL scientist Melissa Rice: Today was the first day of planning with the full science team since Curiosity had an anomaly on sol 2172. It has been over a month since we last … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Eyes on the sky

Posted on October 27, 2018 by rburnham

Sols 2213-2215, October 24, 2018, update by MSL scientist Lauren Edgar: The focus of today’s three-sol plan is environmental monitoring. I’ll be on duty as SOWG Chair on Monday, so I dialed in today to get up to speed. The … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Getting back into the science swing of things!

Posted on October 26, 2018 by rburnham

Sols 2122-2212, October 24, 2018, update by MSL engineer Ashley Stroupe: While we are working toward understanding and recovering from the anomaly, Curiosity is slowly ramping back up into normal science operations. Earlier this week, we got our environmental instruments … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: Test panoramas

Posted on October 25, 2018 by rburnham

Sol 2210, October 24, 2018. In addition to Hazcam images taken throughout the day, Curiosity also shot a panorama series with left and right Navcams. The partial pans above (looking south) and below were taken with the right-side camera.  Click … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: All-day test

Posted on October 24, 2018 by rburnham

Sol 2209, October 23, 2018. Beginning at 10:22 a.m. local time and running to 5:55 p.m., Curiosity’s Navcams, and the A-side’s front and rear Hazcams, shot a series of left- and right-side pairs of images in an all-day test. The … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Recapping the Bagnold Dune investigation

Posted on October 22, 2018 by rburnham

[Ed note: Post by MSL scientist Catherine O’Connell-Cooper, University of New Brunswick] As Curiosity continues on her journey up Mount Sharp (the mound in the centre of Gale crater), rocks we encounter contain evidence for changing environmental conditions. The fine-grained … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: Testing, testing…

Posted on October 22, 2018 by rburnham

Sol 2206, October 20, 2018. Curiosity was commanded to take two Navcam frames that largely overlap, perhaps as part of a test. This pair is from the left-side Navcam and is similar to the Sol 2199 image here, except for … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Science is baaaack!

Posted on October 19, 2018 by rburnham

Sol 2204, October 19, 2018, update by MSL scientist Sarah Lamm: Contrary to the “frightening” title, the Curiosity team is excited that science operations are starting to resume! The real fright was when Curiosity had an anomaly on Sol 2172 … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: Trio of new images using Side-A

Posted on October 18, 2018 by rburnham

Sol 2199, October 13, 2018. After nearly a month’s hiatus and switching to the Side-A computer, unused since Sol 200, Curiosity took front and rear Hazcam images, plus a Navcam image of the ground in front of the rover.  Click … Continue reading →

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Mars VR software wins NASA award

Posted on October 10, 2018 by rburnham

A mixed-reality software that allows scientists and engineers to virtually walk on Mars recently received NASA’s 2018 Software of the Year Award. OnSight uses imagery from NASA’s Curiosity rover to create an immersive 3D terrain model, allowing users to wander … Continue reading →

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