Tag Archives: Lubango

Curiosity update: Back towards Stranraer

Posted on July 12, 2018 by rburnham

Sol 2108, July 11, 2018, update by MSL scientist Roger Wiens: After being out of commission for over a year, Curiosity’s drill is making not just a comeback, but a strong one, with imminent plans for a second drill hole … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Preparing to drill

Posted on June 3, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1360, June 2, 2016, update from USGS scientist Ken Herkenhoff: Arm work continues to go well, so preparation for drilling and sample analysis is the focus of the Sol 1360 plan.  First, CheMin will dump the Lubango and Okoruso … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Ridge chemistry

Posted on May 25, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1351, May 24, 2016, update from USGS scientist Ken Herkenhoff: MSL is in a good position for contact science on the small ridge in front of the rover, so the Sol 1351 operations team decided to stay here and … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Data processing delay

Posted on May 24, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1350, May 23, 2016, update from USGS scientist Ken Herkenhoff: I’m SOWG Chair again today, and started browsing the latest data from MSL early this morning.  To my dismay, the post-drive images that we expected to receive in time for … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Touch and go

Posted on May 17, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1344-45, May 16, 2016, update from USGS scientist Ken Herkenhoff: The drive planned last weekend completed successfully, moving MSL less than 6 meters into position for contact science on the rocks broken by the rover wheels.  Planning is restricted … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: Rough on the rocks

Posted on May 17, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1342, May 15, 2016. The rover’s Mastcam, using its 100-mm lens, took a nine-frame composite of some rocks at Lubango that were scuffed and scraped by Curiosity’s wheels. That action removed the rocks’ tawny dust coating and revealed the … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Drilling at Okoruso

Posted on May 4, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1332-33, May 4, 2016, update from USGS scientist Lauren Edgar: Contact science activities on Sol 1330 went well, and we’re ready to drill at “Okoruso.”  As seen in the above MAHLI image, this target looks like pretty typical Stimson … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Characterizing next drill site

Posted on May 2, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1330-31, May 2, 2016, update from USGS scientist Lauren Edgar: Over the weekend, Curiosity completed the drilling investigation at Lubango, and we drove ~13 m to the “Ovitoto” area (note that this area is only ~4 m away from … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: At the dumps

Posted on May 2, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1327, April 30, 2016. At Lubango, the CHIMRA sample handling device dropped the sieved (fine) portion of the drill tailings on the ground for the APXS to analyze (upper left). To the upper right of the white debris next … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Wrapping it up at Lubango

Posted on April 29, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1326-29, April 29, 2016, update from USGS scientist Ryan Anderson: After a nice rest on Sol 1325, Curiosity was charged up and ready for lots of science! On Sol 1326, we started off with multispectral Mastcam observations of the … Continue reading →

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