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Tag Archives: Blunts Point
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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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Ambridge, Blunts Point, Curiosity, Duluth, Gale Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Vera Rubin Ridge
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Curiosity update: Poised
Sols 2056-58, May 21, 2018, update by MSL scientist Michelle Minitti: This weekend, Curiosity will attempt to sink the drill into the complexly-layered “Duluth” block. Before that, she will gather more data from the “Blunts Point” member rocks in front … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Aitkin, Blunts Point, Chisholm, Curiosity, Duluth, Gale Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Vera Rubin Ridge
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Curiosity update: Purple coleraine, purple coleraine
Sol 2045, May 7, 2018, update by MSL scientist Abigail Fraeman: The drive planned on sol 2045 will take Curiosity off of Vera Rubin Ridge and back into the broken-up rocks that comprise the Blunt’s Point member of the Murray … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Blackhoof, Blunts Point, Bovey, Coleraine, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Pettegrove Point, Soudan, Vera Rubin Ridge
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Curiosity update: Descending Vera Rubin Ridge
Sols 2034-35, April 25, 2018, update by MSL scientist Mark Salvatore: Curiosity is continuing her march to the north and west, descending through the stratigraphic layers exposed in Vera Rubin Ridge and working her way back towards the unit known … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Blunts Point, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Logan, Mars Science Laboratory, Mesabi, Midway, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Taconite Crater, Vera Rubin Ridge, Wakemup Bay
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Curiosity update: A roving astronomer
Sol 1736-39, June 23, 2017, update by MSL scientists Michael Battalio and Mark Salvatore: Curiosity has presented us with another beautiful workspace following a 16.6 meter drive. The majority of this week’s activities were focused on imaging Vera Rubin Ridge to … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Beaver Dam Pond, Blunts Point, Curiosity, Deimos, Gale Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Phobos, Vera Rubin Ridge, Winter Harbor
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