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Tag Archives: Aeolis Mons
Curiosity: Looking at Suilven Ripple
Sol 2023, April 15, 2018. Curiosity is examining the Suilven sand ripple using the Mastcam 34mm lens to shoot a composite of the dune structure. Below, the Navcam’s view of what lies to the south, with the ripple at bottom … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Suilven Ripple, Vera Rubin Ridge
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Curiosity update: From float rocks to Suilven Ripple
Sols 2025-26, April 16, 2018, update by MSL scientist Roger Wiens: Over the weekend Curiosity completed a 13 meter drive from some interesting float rocks including some potential breccias (see accompanying MAHLI image) to “Suilven Ripple”, a sand ripple where … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Arnstruther, Ballachullish, Buchan, Cromarty, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Hawick, Kemnay, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Samson's Ribs, Suilven Ripple, Vera Rubin Ridge
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Curiosity update: Waternish extravaganza
Sols 2022-24, April 14, 2018, update by MSL scientist Ken Herkenhoff: The Sol 2020 drive completed successfully, placing the vehicle in a good position for contact science on the Waternish conglomerate. To sample the diversity of clasts in Waternish, the … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Arrochar, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Vera Rubin Ridge, Waternish
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Curiosity update: Leaving Bressay
Sols 2020-21, April 12, 2018, update by MSL scientist Ken Herkenhoff: The top science priority for this plan is to acquire all of the data needed to adequately characterize the rocks at the current location before driving away. So the … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Askival 3, Bressay, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Jedburgh, Ledmore 2, Lorne Plateau, Mars Science Laboratory, Minginish, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Tyndrum 3, Vera Rubin Ridge, Waternish
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Curiosity update: The workspace that just keeps giving
Sol 2019, April 11, 2018, update by MSL scientist Lauren Edgar: For the past few sols Curiosity has been exploring a diverse assemblage of cobbles and boulders on Vera Rubin Ridge, trying to understand how this blocky deposit came to … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Greenheugh, Mars Science Laboratory, Minginish, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Rousay, Sanquhar, Vera Rubin Ridge
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Curiosity update: Rock garden
Sol 2018, April 9, 2018, update by MSL scientist Scott Guzewich: An eclectic mix of rock targets has kept our team’s attention for another sol today. The sheer number of possible science investigations led us to initially oversubscribing our science … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Ardgour, Askival, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Hopeman, Ledmore, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Rousay, Tyndrum 2, Vera Rubin Ridge
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Curiosity update: Rover in a candy store
Sols 2015-17, April 6, 2018, update by MSL scientist Michelle Minitti: Like Harry Potter in Honeydukes or Charlie in the Chocolate Factory, Curiosity rolled up to the proverbial candy store today, wondering “where to begin?!” The variety of rock types … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Askival, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Hopeman, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Staffa, Tyndrum, Vera Rubin Ridge
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Curiosity update: Something new and different
Sol 2014, April 5, 2018, update by MSL scientist Lauren Edgar: For much of the last year, Curiosity has been exploring fine-grained rocks along Vera Rubin Ridge, and investigating red and gray color variations. Recently, something else caught our eye: … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Corsehill, Curiosity, Edzell, Gale Crater, Lingarabay, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Sidlaw, Vera Rubin Ridge, Waternish
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History of Mars’ water, seen through the lens of Gale Crater
The surface of Mars today is cold, dry, and inhospitable to life. But was it always so? Past research indicates that the Red Planet may have been a very different world more than 3 billion years ago, with warmer weather, … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, calcium sulfates, climate change, climate cycles, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, NASA, Vera Rubin Ridge, water
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Curiosity update: From Biwabik back to Torridon
Sol 2013, April 4, 2018, update by MSL scientist Roger Wiens: Factoids: Mars is the only known planet inhabited exclusively by active robots. It has been this way for over fourteen Earth years, with a cumulative total of twenty-six Earth … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Arrochar, Biwabik, Curiosity, Foula, Gale Crater, Galloway, hematite, Kinloch, Lingarabay, Mars Science Laboratory, Mesabi Range, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Opportunity, Region 13, Suilven, Torridon, Vera Rubin Ridge
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