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Tag Archives: Aeolis Mons
Curiosity: Looking ahead and back
Sol 2094, June 27, 2018. With Curiosity back up on a flatter part of the ridge top, mission control directed the Navcam to make two composites, one showing the view looking ahead to the south (above) and another looking to … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Vera Rubin Ridge
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Curiosity update: Over the crest
Sols 2095-96, June 28, 2018, update by MSL scientist Lauren Edgar: After a steep drive Sol 2094, Curiosity is back over the crest of Vera Rubin Ridge and enjoying the view of flatter terrain ahead. I was the SOWG Chair … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Crosby, Curiosity, Duluth, Gale Crater, Hekkla Lake, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Vera Rubin Ridge
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Curiosity update: Feeling powerful
Sols 2093-94, June 26, 2018, update by MSL scientist Lauren Edgar: Today’s 2-sol plan kicked off with the good news that our power state exceeded predictions, so we were able to add in some extra science activities. The first sol starts … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Jacobs Lake, Mars Science Laboratory, Monker Lake, Mount Sharp, MSL, Mudhole Lake, Murray Formation, NASA, Vera Rubin Ridge
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Curiosity: Which way up?
Sol 2092, June 25, 2018. Following a 24-meter (78 foot) drive, Curiosity is nearing a steeper part of the Vera Rubin Ridge. As the rover’s drive plan takes it back up the face of the ridge, the question arises of … Continue reading
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Curiosity update: Watch the skies
Sols 2090-92, June 26, 2018, update by MSL scientist Ryan Anderson: Despite the global dust storm (more correctly known as a “planet encircling dust event”) darkening the skies, our nuclear-powered rover continues to do good science. The sol 2090 plan … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Arlberg, Caribou Lake, Curiosity, dust storms, Gale Crater, global dust storms, Hawk Ridge, Hunter Lake, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Simar, Vera Rubin Ridge, Young Lake
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THEMIS: Yardangs on Gale Crater’s Mt. Sharp
THEMIS Image of the Day, June 25, 2018. While far from the rover, this VIS image of Gale Crater covers the same central layered deposit, Mt. Sharp, that Curiosity is studying. The linear ridges, called yardangs, are the result of … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Arizona State University, ASU, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Mars Odyssey, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, NASA, THEMIS, THEMIS Image of the Day, Thermal Emission Imaging System, wind erosion, yardangs
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Curiosity: Path forward?
Sol 2089, June 22, 2018. The future course for Curiosity is to reclimb Vera Rubin Ridge and cross over it to resume the drive up Mt. Sharp. Meanwhile, under the loose rocks and sand, the rover faces the thin-bedded ridge … Continue reading
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Curiosity: Dark skies make murky landscapes
Sol 2087, June 20, 2018. The Mastcam (34mm lens) shot a six-frame profile of the ridge, revealing its layers — and the dim conditions at Gale Crater. At right is another Mastcam shot of the Ambridge target, where the yellow … Continue reading
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Curiosity captures thickening haze as dust storm goes global
A storm of tiny dust particles has engulfed much of Mars over the last two weeks and prompted NASA’s Opportunity rover to suspend science operations. But across the planet, NASA’s Curiosity rover, which has been studying Martian soil at Gale … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Curiosity, Duluth, dust storms, Gale Crater, global dust storm, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Vera Rubin Ridge
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Curiosity update: Slippery slope
Sol 2087, June 19, 2018, update by MSL scientist Michelle Minitti: Curiosity pulled away from the “Duluth” site yesterday, but given the blocky nature of the “Blunts Point” member and the sand in between those blocks, she did not get … Continue reading
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