Tag Archives: Fracture Town

Curiosity: The way west

Posted on May 26, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1352, May 26, 2016. Three Navcam frames composited look ahead toward Fracture Town, the rover’s probable course to the west and southwest. (Click image to enlarge.) Sol 1352 raw images (from all cameras), and Curiosity’s latest location.

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Curiosity update: Scouting a path

Posted on May 26, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1352, May 25, 2016, update from USGS scientist Ken Herkenhoff: We’d like to keep driving toward the southwest, but can’t see all of the terrain ahead from our current location.  So the Sol 1352 plan includes a short drive … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: A smoother route

Posted on May 23, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1348-49, May 20, 2016, update from USGS scientist Ryan Anderson: Our drive on Sol 1346 was successful and brought us to a location with a view of the rugged ridges of the area we’ve been calling “Fracture Town”. In … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Onward to Fracture Town

Posted on May 19, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1346-47, May 19, 2016, update from USGS scientist Ryan Anderson: We are coming up on the edge of Naukluft plateau (again!). The plan for Sol 1346 starts off with ChemCam observations of the targets “Etusis” and “Etiro”, to continue … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Take me to Fracture Town

Posted on April 14, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1311, April 13, 2016, update from USGS scientist Ryan Anderson: Today I was on duty as KOP again, but we got to sleep in: we started at 7 am instead of 6:30! Curiosity is in good shape and our … Continue reading →

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