Tag Archives: Kimberley

Curiosity update: “Preconditioning”

Posted on April 14, 2014 by rburnham

Sols 598-600, April 12-14, 2014: update on Curiosity from U.S. Geological Survey scientist Ken Herkenhoff: “It was a busy day for the tactical uplink team, planning 3 sols to get MSL through the weekend. I was MAHLI/MARDI.…” [More at link]

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Curiosity update: “Runout sequence”

Posted on April 12, 2014 by rburnham

Sol 597, April 11, 2014: update on Curiosity from U.S. Geological Survey scientist Ken Herkenhoff: “Unfortunately, the set of commands sent to the rover for Sol 596 were not received, so the rover correctly responded by executing the…” [More at … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: Sol 597, April 11, 2014

Posted on April 11, 2014 by rburnham

As Curiosity maneuvered on the southeast edge of the Kimberley outcrop, its left-side Navcam imaged the rock layers and above them part of Mount Remarkable, the largest of the three main mounds that flank Kimberley. It lies at the outcrop’s … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: “Approaching an outcrop”

Posted on April 11, 2014 by rburnham

Sol 596, April 10, 2014: update on Curiosity from U.S. Geological Survey scientist Ken Herkenhoff: “The surface near the rover isn’t very interesting, so planning for Sol 596 focused on driving toward the outcrops up to 50 meters away.…” [More … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: Sol 595 panorama

Posted on April 10, 2014 by rburnham

Panorama (6307 x 1794 pixels; 3.8 MB) assembled by Damia Bouic from Navcam images taken on Sol 595 (April 8, 2014). The rover was on the eastern side of the Kimberley outcrop. (Thumbnail above cropped slightly.) Sol 595 images (from … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: Bright spots in raw images

Posted on April 9, 2014 by rburnham

Images taken by NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover on April 2 and April 3 include bright spots, which might be due to the sun glinting off a rock or cosmic rays striking the camera’s detector. The image from April 3, from … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: “In opposition”

Posted on April 9, 2014 by rburnham

Sol 595, April 8, 2014: update on Curiosity from U.S. Geological Survey scientist Ken Herkenhoff: “Mars is at opposition today, so Mars will rise at sunset and be visible all night here on Earth. On Mars, Earth is not visible … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: Sol 593, April 7, 2014

Posted on April 8, 2014 by rburnham

From Kimberley, the right-side Navcam looks east toward Gale Crater’s rim. NASA description: This image was taken by Navcam: Right B (NAV_RIGHT_B) onboard NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 593 (2014-04-07 13:32:01 UTC). More Sol 593 images (from all cameras), and … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: “Staying put”

Posted on April 7, 2014 by rburnham

Sol 594, April 7, 2014: update on Curiosity from U.S. Geological Survey scientist Ken Herkenhoff: “The rover will stay put on Sol 594 and acquire lots of ChemCam and Mastcam data on interesting nearby rocks. I’m not scheduled…” [More at … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: Sol 593, April 7, 2014

Posted on April 7, 2014 by rburnham

On the east side of the Kimberley outcrop, a flat sheet of rock stands elevated as sediments (or rocks) underneath weather away. The sheet appears similar to the other sheets of rock nearby — is it? NASA description: This image … Continue reading →

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