Tag Archives: Curiosity

Closer to solving the methane mystery

Posted on October 29, 2018 by rburnham

Planetary scientists are getting closer to solving the puzzle of methane on Mars. New calculations could help to explain why NASA’s Curiosity rover detects peaks of methane gas in the Martian atmosphere during the planet’s northern summer. As winter gives … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Eyes on the sky

Posted on October 27, 2018 by rburnham

Sols 2213-2215, October 24, 2018, update by MSL scientist Lauren Edgar: The focus of today’s three-sol plan is environmental monitoring. I’ll be on duty as SOWG Chair on Monday, so I dialed in today to get up to speed. The … Continue reading →

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Weather update from Gale Crater

Posted on October 27, 2018 by rburnham
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Curiosity update: Getting back into the science swing of things!

Posted on October 26, 2018 by rburnham

Sols 2122-2212, October 24, 2018, update by MSL engineer Ashley Stroupe: While we are working toward understanding and recovering from the anomaly, Curiosity is slowly ramping back up into normal science operations. Earlier this week, we got our environmental instruments … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: Test panoramas

Posted on October 25, 2018 by rburnham

Sol 2210, October 24, 2018. In addition to Hazcam images taken throughout the day, Curiosity also shot a panorama series with left and right Navcams. The partial pans above (looking south) and below were taken with the right-side camera.  Click … Continue reading →

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Seeing Mars in a grain of sand

Posted on October 24, 2018 by rburnham

[Ed. note: The following is a guide to two recent special issues of the Journal of Geophysical Research; both collect papers reporting on studies of the Bagnold Dunes in Gale Crater. The guide complements the MSL report posted earlier here.] … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: All-day test

Posted on October 24, 2018 by rburnham

Sol 2209, October 23, 2018. Beginning at 10:22 a.m. local time and running to 5:55 p.m., Curiosity’s Navcams, and the A-side’s front and rear Hazcams, shot a series of left- and right-side pairs of images in an all-day test. The … Continue reading →

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Weather update from Gale Crater

Posted on October 22, 2018 by rburnham
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Curiosity update: Recapping the Bagnold Dune investigation

Posted on October 22, 2018 by rburnham

[Ed note: Post by MSL scientist Catherine O’Connell-Cooper, University of New Brunswick] As Curiosity continues on her journey up Mount Sharp (the mound in the centre of Gale crater), rocks we encounter contain evidence for changing environmental conditions. The fine-grained … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: Testing, testing…

Posted on October 22, 2018 by rburnham

Sol 2206, October 20, 2018. Curiosity was commanded to take two Navcam frames that largely overlap, perhaps as part of a test. This pair is from the left-side Navcam and is similar to the Sol 2199 image here, except for … Continue reading →

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