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Tag Archives: Curiosity
Curiosity update: This is why we came to Gale
Sols 2369-71, April 5, 2019, update by MSL scientist Scott Guzewich: We are go for full drill! Today’s plan will see Curiosity execute the final preparatory steps and then drill at our “Aberlady” bedrock target (seen here underneath the rover’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Aberlady, Aeolis Mons, CBU, clay-bearing unit, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Glen Torridon, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA
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Curiosity: At the point…
Sol 2368, April 5, 2019. A partial front Hazcam image shows the rover’s drill poised to bite into the target dubbed Aberlady. Click the image to enlarge it. Sol 2368 raw images (from all cameras).
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Tagged Aberlady, Aeolis Mons, CBU, clay-bearing unit, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Glen Torridon, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA
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Curiosity update: Let the drilling proceed!
Sol 2368, April 5, 2019, update by MSL scientist Mark Salvatore: Today marks the conclusion of the MSL Science Team Meeting currently taking place at Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD. These meetings are where scientists and engineers can come … Continue reading
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Tagged Aberlady, Aeolis Mons, CBU, clay-bearing unit, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Glen Torridon, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA
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Latest weather at Gale Crater and Elysium Planitia
Daily Elysium charts and data (temperature, wind speed, atmospheric pressure) here.
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Tagged Curiosity, dust storms, Elysium Planitia, Gale Crater, global dust storms, InSight, Interior Exploration Using Seismic Investigations Geodesy and Heat Transport, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, JPL, Mars Science Laboratory, MSL, NASA, temperature, Temperature and Wind for InSight, TWINS, weather
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Curiosity catches two solar eclipses
When NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover landed in 2012, it brought along eclipse glasses. The solar filters on its Mast Camera (Mastcam) allow it to stare directly at the Sun. Over the past few weeks, Curiosity has been putting them to … Continue reading
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Tagged Curiosity, Deimos, Mars Science Laboratory, MSL, NASA, Phobos, solar eclipses
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Curiosity: Checking out Aberlady
Sol 2367, April 4, 2019. The rover’s ChemCam laser stitched a row of pits across Aberlady (above). At right, the front Hazcam showed the scene with Curiosity’s instrument arm close to the target. (Compare this view with that here.) Click … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, CBU, clay-bearing unit, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Glen Torridon, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA
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Curiosity update: Luck be an Aberlady
Sol 2367, April 3, 2019, update by MSL scientist Michelle Minitti: Our short drive on Monday was successful, bringing two candidate drill targets into closer, clearer view. The prime candidate (image above), “Aberlady,” appeared to have the same color, structure … Continue reading
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Tagged Aberlady, Aeolis Mons, CBU, clay-bearing unit, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Glen Torridon, Longannet, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Tartan
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Curiosity: Outcrop workspace
Sol 2365, April 2, 2019. Curiosity has driven to where it can examine the outcrop where mission scientists hope to make the next drill hole. (For more about the drill planning, see here.) This composite of six Mastcam (34mm) frames … Continue reading
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Tagged Aberlady, Aeolis Mons, CBU, clay-bearing unit, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Glen Torridon, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA
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Curiosity update: Edging closer and closer to a new drill target!
Sols 2365-66, April 2, 2019, update by MSL scientist Catherine O’Connell-Cooper: One of the primary goals of the Curiosity mission, to determine the composition of a region which appears to be rich in clays (informally known as “Glen Torridon”), is … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, CBU, clay-bearing unit, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Glen Torridon, Longannet, Lumphanan, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Tartan, Teal
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Curiosity: Mastcam looks ahead
Sol 2364, April 1, 2019. The rover’s Mastcam (34mm lens) looked ahead across the Glen Torridon clay-bearing unit, with Mt. Sharp rising in the distance and the southern side of Vera Rubin Ridge at left. These five frames are part … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, CBU, clay-bearing unit, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Glen Torridon, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Vera Rubin Ridge
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