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Tag Archives: Mars Science Laboratory
Mars Express saw same methane spike detected by Curiosity
A reanalysis of data collected by ESA’s Mars Express during the first 20 months of NASA’s Curiosity mission found one case of correlated methane detection, the first time an in-situ measurement has been independently confirmed from orbit. Reports of methane … Continue reading
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Tagged Curiosity, ESA, European Space Agency, Gale Crater, Mars Express, Mars Science Laboratory, methane, MEX, MSL, PFS, Planetary Fourier Spectrometer
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Curiosity: Rolling along behind the ridge
Sol 2361, March 29, 2019. Leaving a zigzag track (click the composite image above), Curiosity continues to roll northeastward behind Vera Rubin Ridge, roughly paralleling its direction. Sand dune “blow-overs” are visible to the left of the rover in the … 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, sand, sand dunes, TARs, transverse eolian ridges, Vera Rubin Ridge, wind
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Curiosity update: Lots to explore in Glen Torridon
Sols 2361-62, March 28, 2019, update by MSL scientist Abigail Fraeman: We are continuing to find interesting new things in Glen Torridon. One of my favorite new images was taken this weekend (Mars sol 2356) on target “Stonebriggs” (pictured). We’ve … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Ardmillan, CBU, clay-bearing unit, Curiosity, Dunans, Eorsa, Gale Crater, Glamis, Glen Torridon, Mars Science Laboratory, Midlothian, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Scolty Hill, Stonebriggs, Torry, Uyea, Vera Rubin Ridge
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JPL: Red Planet rovers and InSights
[Ed. note: originally aired on January 10, 2019]
Curiosity: Fore and aft
Sol 2359, March 27, 2019. Curiosity has driven about 29 meters (95 feet) in a northeast direction across the clay-bearing unit. The south side of Vera Rubin Ridge forms the skyline on the left side of the rover, and there’s … 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, 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 update: Hopping from outcrop to outcrop
Sols 2359-60, March 25, 2019, update by MSL scientist Vivian Sun: At the start of Sol 2359, Curiosity found herself parked in front of some layered bedrock outcrops (see above image), a rarity in the rubbly landscapes that we’ve explored … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, CBU, clay-bearing unit, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Glen Torridon, Goosander, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Rutherglen, Woodland Bay
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Curosity: Pebbles on the ground
Sol 2357, March 24, 2019. On its drive to the east-northeast on this sol, Curiosity took snapshots of the ground passing beneath using its Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI). The image combines three MAHLI frames. It reveals a patch 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, Murray Formation, NASA, Stonebriggs
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Curiosity update: Clay-bearing unit showing us its stripes?
Sols 2354-58, March 23, 2019, update by MSL scientist Michelle Minitti: As Curiosity makes her way to the site where the science team would like to drill next, there is no shortage of observations to make of the many different … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Bellyford Burn, Cairnwell, CBU, clay-bearing unit, Curiosity, Dumfries, Flodigarry, Gale Crater, Gigha, Glen Torridon, Greenock, Greenvoe, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Snorre, Stonebriggs, Vera Rubin Ridge
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Curiosity: Driving onward into Glen Torridon
Sol 2354, March 21, 2019. Two Mastcam pans, one looking forward, the other behind. Click either image to enlarge it. Sol 2354 raw images (from all cameras).
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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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