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Tag Archives: Bagnold Dunes
Curiosity: Edge of Ogunquit Beach
Sol 1646, March 24, 2017. Curiosity drove about 30 meters (100 feet) to the east-northeast. This placed the rover close to the edge of a large sand patch where it can investigate the dune sand and dune ripples at the … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Bagnold Dunes, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Ogunquit Beach, sand dunes, sand ripples
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Curiosity update: Traction control driving
Sol 1646, March 23, 2017, update by USGS scientist Ken Herkenhoff: MSL drove a little over 20 meters on Sol 1645, toward the big sand dune to the east that is the subject of a science campaign that will hopefully … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Bagnold Dunes, Bald Rock Ledge, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Porcupine Dry Ledge
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Curiosity update: Searching for dust devils
Sol 1645, March 22, 2017, update by atmospheric scientist Michael Battalio and USGS scientist Ken Herkenhoff: The APXS will still be deployed on The Hop early on Sol 1645, and to avoid using battery power to heat up the arm, … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Bagnold Dunes, Clam Ledge, Curiosity, dust devils, Gale Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Snows Point, The Hop
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Curiosity: Mastcam looks southeast
Sol 1643, March 21, 2017. The Mastcam (using its 34-mm lens) shot a five-frame composite looking southeast. On the left it catches a few outlier Murray Buttes, then captures layered rocks near and far. Click the image (5 MB) to … Continue reading
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Curiosity update: Staying put
Sol 1644, March 21, 2017, update by USGS scientist Ken Herkenhoff: The Sol 1644 plan focuses on arm activities, because the volume of data expected to be relayed via the MRO and Mars Odyssey orbiters in time for planning tomorrow … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Bagnold Dunes, Caucomgomoc Lake, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Heald Mountain, Mars Science Laboratory, Mooselookmeguntic Lake, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, The Hop, The Horns
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Curiosity: Threading between the sand traps
Sol 1642, March 20, 2017. Four Navcam frames capture Mt. Sharp rising above the rocky path leading south towards it, threading between the sand traps along the way. Click image to enlarge it. Sol 1642 raw images (from all cameras), … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Bagnold Dunes, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA
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Curiosity: Rocky path ahead
Sol 1639, March 17, 2017. While Curiosity is studying rocks and sand immediately in front of it, rover drivers are planning a path southward toward Mt. Sharp. Sand lies everywhere, but so do rocks which will help prevent Curiosity from … Continue reading
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Curiosity update: Onward to Ogunquit Beach
Sol 1639, March 16, 2017, update by USGS scientist Ryan Anderson: Planning was challenging this morning because of some network issues at JPL, but the team figured out how to work around the problem and still managed to put together … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Bagnold Dunes, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Greenvale Cove, Holmes Hole, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Ogunquit Beach, Southern Cove
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Curiosity update: Busy day for MAHLI
Sol 1638, March 15, 2017, update by USGS scientist Ryan Anderson: Today we are continuing our investigation of Stop #3 of the Bagnold Dune campaign. We start off with some MAHLI images of the APXS targets “Ripogenus” and “Spragueville” from … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Bagnold Dunes, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Holmes Hole, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Ripogenus, Spragueville
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Curiosity update: Stop 3
Sol 1637, March 14, 2017, update by USGS scientist Ryan Anderson: Yesterday’s short drive was successful, so we started today with the rover parked at stop #3 of the dune campaign and the rover’s arm up in the “ready out” … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Bagnold Dunes, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Hildreths, Holmes Hole, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Ripogenus, Shin Brook, Spragueville
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