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Tag Archives: Chinle
Diverse environments seen in Curiosity samples
NASA scientists have found a wide diversity of minerals in the initial samples of rocks collected by the Curiosity rover in the lowermost layers of Mount Sharp on Mars, suggesting that conditions changed in the water environments on the planet … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Hills, Book Cliffs, Chinle, Confidence Hills, Mojave2, Pink Cliffs, Salsberry Peak, Shoemaker, Telegraph Peak, Whale Rock
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New Curiosity selfie shows local targets, context
A sweeping view of the “Pahrump Hills” outcrop on Mars, where NASA’s Curiosity rover has been working for five months, surrounds the rover in Curiosity’s latest self-portrait. The selfie scene is assembled from dozens of images taken by the Mars … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Alexander Hills, Book Cliffs, Chinle, Confidence Hills, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, Mojave, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Pahrump Hills, Pink Cliffs, Shoemaker, Telegraph Peak, Whale Rock
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Curiosity update: ‘Driving to Whale Rock’
Sol 835-836, December 10, 2014, update from USGS Scientist Lauren Edgar: “After a successful investigation of the Chinle outcrop, Curiosity is ready to move on to the Whale Rock outcrop. Today we are planning two sols, and on the first … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Chinle, Cucumongo, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Goldstone, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Pahrump Hills, Whale Rock
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ChemCam RMI: Veins in Vaqueros
Sol 833, December 10, 2014. The Remote Micro-Imager on Curiosity’s ChemCam takes a close look in this two-frame composite at what appear to be white mineral veins in Vaqueros, a target on the Chinle outcrop. Sol 833 raw images (from all … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, ChemCam, Chemistry and Camera, Chinle, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Pahrump Hills, Remote Micro-Imager, RMI, Vaqueros
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Curiosity update: ‘Investigating the Chinle outcrop’
Sol 830-832, December 5, 2014, update from USGS Scientist Lauren Edgar: “Well it was an exciting day for space exploration! As we were working operations this morning many space enthusiasts on the team were keeping tabs on the launch and … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Chinle, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Goldstone, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, NASA, Pahrump Hills
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Curiosity update: ‘Looking closer at Chinle outcrop’
Sol 828-829, December 3, 2014, update from USGS Scientist Ryan Anderson: “Today all three USGS bloggers were on MSL operations! I was on duty as the Science Payload Downlink Lead (sPDL) for ChemCam, meaning that it was my job to … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Chinle, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, NASA, Pahrump Hills
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Curiosity update: ‘Drive to Chinle’
Sols 826-827, December 1, 2014. The activities planned for the Thanksgiving holiday went well, and the data received so far look good, including MAHLI images showing the brushed target “Puente” [right]. So we are ready to move on, and the … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Alexander Hills, Chinle, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, NASA, Pahrump Hills, Puente
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Curiosity finds an orbital hematite match
Reddish rock powder from the first hole drilled into a Martian mountain [Confidence Hills] by NASA’s Curiosity rover has yielded the mission’s first confirmation of a mineral mapped from orbit. “This connects us with the mineral identifications from orbit, which … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Alexander Hills, Book Cliffs, Chinle, Comb Ridge, Confidence Hills, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Gilbert Peak, hematite, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, NASA, Pahrump Hills, Pink Cliffs, Salsberry Peak, Whale Rock
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Curiosity: Chinle textures
Sol 794, October 30, 2014. The ChemCam profiles two different targets on the Chinle outcrop. Note the fault in the layers shown in the upper image (right). The layers in the lower image show a coarser texture than those in … Continue reading
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Tagged ChemCam, Chemistry and Camera, Chinle, Curiosity, Gale Crater, layers, Mars Science Laboratory, MSL
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Curiosity: Chinle outcrop in color
Sol 792, October 28, 2014. This two-frame wide-angle Mastcam composite shows part of the Chinle outcrop and its small-scale layers. NASA description (left image): This image was taken by Mastcam: Left (MAST_LEFT) onboard NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 792 (2014-10-29 … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Chinle, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, NASA, Pahrump Hills
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