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Tag Archives: Gale Crater
Curiosity: What’s in front, what’s behind
Sol 2346, March 13, 2019. Front and rear views from the right-side Hazcams show the immediate surroundings of Curiosity. (Click either image to enlarge it.) The rear view gives a slightly different perspective on the layered rock dubbed Muir of … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, CBU, clay-bearing unit, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Glen Torridon, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Muir of Ord, Murray Formation, NASA
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Curiosity resumes operations after switching back to Side-B computer
Updated March 12, 2019, 10:40 a.m. PDT (1:40 p.m EDT): Curiosity experienced a computer reset on its Side-A computer on Wednesday, March 6, 2019 (Sol 2,339), that triggered the rover’s safe mode. This was the second computer reset in three weeks; … Continue reading
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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, 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 update: And objects in the rear-view mirror may appear…interesting!
Sol 2340, March 6, 2019, update by MSL scientist Susanne Schwenzer: In the current plan, we start with a dust devil survey to look for them while they are still in season. This is followed by a ChemCam investigation “Schiehallion” … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Arbuthnott, CBU, clay-bearing unit, Curiosity, Fife, Gale Crater, Glen Torridon, Mars Science Laboratory, Midland Valley, Motherwell, Mount Sharp, MSL, Muir of Ord, Murray Formation, NASA, Schiehallion
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Curiosity: Going on —
Sol 2338, March 5, 2019. Five Navcam frames composited show the way forward through the valley behind Vera Rubin Ridge, which forms the skyline on the left side of the image. (In addition, the top of Gale Crater’s rim is … 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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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, 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 update: Finishing up at Midland Valley
Sol 2338, March 4, 2019, update by MSL scientist Rachel Kronyak: Today we planned Sol 2338 chock full of science activities to finish up our observations at the “Midland Valley” outcrop. We’ll primarily use our Mastcam and ChemCam instruments to … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, CBU, clay-bearing unit, Curiosity, Cuttyhill, Gale Crater, Glen Torridon, Leslie, Longhope, Mars Science Laboratory, Midland Valley, Miller, Milltimber, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA
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Curiosity update: Back in action at Midland Valley
Sol 2333, February 28, 2019, update by MSL scientist Melissa Rice: Curiosity returned to science planning today after a two week hiatus because of a technical issue. Our most recent science plan, described in the blog for Sols 2320-2323, included … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Alloa, Auchterarder, CBU, clay-bearing unit, Crathes, Curiosity, Curlew, Gale Crater, Gannet, Glen Torridon, Mars Science Laboratory, Midland Valley, Milltimber, Mormond Hill, Motherwell, Mount Keen, 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: Operating normally after a reset
NASA’s Curiosity rover is busy making new discoveries on Mars. The rover has been climbing Mount Sharp since 2014 and recently reached a clay region that may offer new clues about the ancient Martian environment’s potential to support life. Curiosity … 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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