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Tag Archives: Curiosity
Curiosity surveys a mystery under dusty skies
After snagging a new rock sample on Aug. 9, NASA’s Curiosity rover surveyed its surroundings on Mars, producing a 360-degree panorama of its current location on Vera Rubin Ridge. The panorama includes umber skies, darkened by a fading global dust … Continue reading
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Weather update from Gale Crater
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Curiosity: Heading south on the Ridge
Sol 2161, September 4, 2018. After a 32-meter (105 foot) drive southward, Curiosity stopped and took its standard Navcam panorama. Above: Looking back to the north, where clearing skies are gradually lifting the haze. Below: Looking southward, with rolling terrain … Continue reading
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Webcast on Curiosity and Mars, September 6
The Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI) in Houston is presenting a webcast by Kirsten Siebach (Rice University) on the subject of Curiosity and our evolving view of Mars. The talk, which is part of LPI’s Cosmic Explorations Speaker Series, will … Continue reading
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Curiosity update: Lots of bits!
Sols 2159-62, September 3, 2018, update by MSL scientist Dawn Sumner: Curiosity’s plan for the weekend is extra large – 4 sols and almost 3 gigabits of data! We planned 4 sols due to the Labor Day weekend, and the … Continue reading
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Curiosity update: I’ll take the Quela to go, please!
Sols 2157-58, September 3, 2018, update by MSL scientist Brittney Cooper: Today in Gale Crater, Curiosity begins with a short (but sweet) science block that utilizes ChemCam, Mastcam, and Navcam to observe the Martian surface and atmosphere. We start off … Continue reading
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Curiosity: Skies less dusty
Sol 2156, August 30, 2018. Having driven away from the Stoer drill site, Curiosity took a series of Navcam shots to the north, which show improving atmospheric conditions. It also used the Mastcam’s 34mm optics to take a set of … Continue reading
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Weather update from Gale Crater
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Curiosity update: The story of Stoer
Sol 2156 August 30, 2018, update by MSL scientist Abigail Fraeman: After an extremely productive couple of weeks, we are finishing up our work at Stoer! We’ll take some quick ChemCam and Mastcam observations of the tailings dump pile tosols … Continue reading
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Curiosity: Moving on
Sol 2156, August 30, 2018. Having finished operations at the Stoer site, Curiosity has driven toward the southeast about 130 feet (39 meters). The drive brought the rover onto a higher part of Vera Rubin Ridge and part of Mt … Continue reading
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