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Tag Archives: Aeolis Mons
Curiosity: A Sol 2000 collection
Sol 2000, March 23, 2018. On the 2,000th martian day after touching down at Bradbury Landing, Curiosity is at work on Vera Rubin Ridge; more about the science plans here. In images taken today, we see Mt. Sharp viewed by … 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: Roving for 2000 martian days
Sol 2000, March 22, 2018, update by MSL scientist Christopher Edwards: Today marks a milestone for Curiosity. Our trusty Martian rover has spent 2000 sols exploring Gale Crater helping to unravel the geologic history preserved in the rocks. We’ve observed … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Sgurr of Eigg, Vera Rubin Ridge
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Mars Curiosity celebrates Sol 2,000
NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover just hit a new milestone: its two-thousandth Martian day, or sol, on the Red Planet. An image mosaic taken by the rover in January offers a preview of what comes next. Looming over the image is … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, clay minerals, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Phyllosilicate Trough, phyllosilicates, Vera Rubin Ridge
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Curiosity update: Party like it’s (Sol) 1999
Sol 1999, March 21, 2018, update by MSL scientist Scott Guzewich: Curiosity is but 1 sol away from a major mission milestone, but work always comes before celebrations. Today our major decision was whether to perform contact science at the … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Mangersta, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Vera Rubin Ridge
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Curiosity: Vistas north and south
Sol 1996, March 19, 2018. After a drive toward the northeast of about 40 meters (130 feet), Curiosity’s Navcam shot a round-the-horizon set of frames which show the vistas to the north (above) and south (below) from the top of … Continue reading
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Curiosity update: Checking out the scenery
Sol 1998, March 18, 2018, update by MSL scientist Rachel Kronyak: Today was a fairly quiet day of planning on Mars, the reason being that most of the MSL science team is currently attending the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Ochil, Orval, Red Cuillin, Red Hill, Sgurr Alasdair, Vera Rubin Ridge
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Curiosity update: Under Durness
Sol 1995-97, March 16, 2018, update by MSL scientist Michelle Minitti: The science team gave Curiosity a workout in this plan, using just about every watt of power available to carry out a full slate of activities. Sol 1995 starts … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Curiosity, Durness, Fingals Cave, Gale Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Paisley, Vera Rubin Ridge
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Curiosity update: Castle in the sand
Sol 1993-94, March 15, 2018, update by MSL scientist Michelle Minitti: As we drive east across the top of “Vera Rubin Ridge” – backwards no less! – we encountered another nice patch of bedrock in Curiosity’s workspace today, motivating multiple … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Curiosity, Dunottar, Gale Crater, Jura, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Seaforth Head, Stirling Castle, Vera Rubin Ridge
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Curiosity: Bumpy terrain ahead
Sol 1991, March 13, 2018. After a 15-meter (49-foot) drive to the east-northeast, Curiosity halted and the Navcam shot the surroundings. Looks like the path forward will be a little bumpy. Click image (4.7 MB) to enlarge it. Sol 1991 … Continue reading
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Curiosity update: Taking our time for science
Sol 1991-92, March 12, 2018, update by MSL scientist Ryan Anderson: After a successful weekend plan, the team decided that for the sol 1991-1992 plan, we would trade a longer-distance drive in favor of some “touch and go” contact science. … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Canisp, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Peace Vallis, Seaforth Head, Vera Rubin Ridge
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