Tag Archives: Gale Crater

Curiosity: Distant buttes

Posted on January 21, 2019 by rburnham

Sol 2295, January 20, 2019. The Remote Micro-Imager reached out to profile distant layered buttes on the flanks of Mt. Sharp. Click image to enlarge it. Sol 2295 raw images (from all cameras).

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Curiosity update: Just can’t wait to get on the road again

Posted on January 19, 2019 by rburnham

Sols 2295-97, January 18, 2019, update by MSL scientist Melissa Rice: Sometimes the best laid plans of rovers go astray. After wrapping up at the Rock Hall drill site yesterday, the plan was for Curiosity to start driving towards the … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: On the road again

Posted on January 18, 2019 by rburnham

Sols 2293-94, January 17, 2019, update by MSL scientist Michelle Minitti: It has been a productive stay at the “Rock Hall” drill site. The number and diversity of analyses performed on the drill target and drilled sample itself – mineralogy … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Dust to dust

Posted on January 18, 2019 by rburnham

Sol 2292, January 17, 2019, update by MSL scientists Brittney Cooper and Claire Newman: Today was our last day at “Rock Hall,” so it was our final chance to get every last bit of science at this location. We had … Continue reading →

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Weather at Gale Crater

Posted on January 15, 2019 by rburnham
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Curiosity update: Selfie time at Rock Hall: say cheese!

Posted on January 14, 2019 by rburnham

Sols 2291, January 14, 2019, update by MSL scientist Rachel Kronyak: Today we planned a single sol of activities, Sol 2291. As we begin to wrap up our activities at the Rock Hall drill site, Sol 2291 is chock full … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Drilling activity completed, almost

Posted on January 11, 2019 by rburnham

Sols 2288-90, January 11, 2019, update by MSL scientist Suzanne Schwenzer: We will soon be leaving the Rock Hall area, thus this one last look at the drill site from a hazard camera perspective. Seeing those holes always is special, … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: Gometra in the RMI’s sights

Posted on January 11, 2019 by rburnham

Sol 2286, January 10, 2019. The target dubbed Gometra, possibly a meteorite, was imaged by the Remote Micro-Imager (RMI). (An earlier but similar view of Gometra is here). Click the image to enlarge it. Sol 2286 raw images (from all … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Starting the wrap-up at Rock Hall

Posted on January 10, 2019 by rburnham

Sols 2286-87, January 10, 2019, update by MSL scientist Catherine O’Connell-Cooper: Our onboard instruments SAM (Sample Analysis at Mars) and CheMin (Chemistry and Mineralogy) have come to the end of their investigation of the Rock Hall target, likely to be … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: A spectra-cular Monday on Mars

Posted on January 9, 2019 by rburnham

Sols 2284-85, January 7, 2019, update by MSL scientist Mariah Baker: Today was a very smooth planning day on Mars, with the first scheduled science block in the plan being entirely filled by various spectroscopic ChemCam observations. The ChemCam instrument … Continue reading →

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