Tag Archives: Mars Science Laboratory

Curiosity: Peeking into Highfield

Posted on November 9, 2018 by rburnham

Sol 2225, November 9, 2018. Above is the front Hazcam view showing the location of the Highfield drill hole (arrow). Note Mt. Sharp on the skyline at left. At right is a two-frame composite by the Remote Micro-Imager showing Highfield … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Science galore at the 18th hole

Posted on November 9, 2018 by rburnham

Sol 2225, November 9, 2018, update by MSL scientist Claire Newman: Tosol we received confirmation that Curiosity’s drill yestersol was successful, as shown in this Navcam image of the “Highfield” target – our eighteenth drill hole in the martian surface! … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Go for drilling at Highfield!

Posted on November 8, 2018 by rburnham

Sol 2224, November 8, 2018, update by MSL scientist Mark Salvatore: Today was a good day on Mars. The science and engineering teams are making preparations to drill a patch of grey bedrock named “Highfield”, which will be our latest … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: Mastcam scouts Highfield and vicinity

Posted on November 7, 2018 by rburnham

Sol 2222, November 6, 2018. Mastcam shot a six-frame composite centered on the next drill target, Highfield. (Note the many light-toned mineral veins running through the flat-lying rock outcrops.) Click the image (6 MB) to enlarge it. Sol 2222 raw … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Optimism for ‘Highfield’

Posted on November 7, 2018 by rburnham

Sol 2223, November 7, 2018, update by MSL scientist Lauren Edgar: On Sol 2222, Curiosity drove ~10 m towards the “Lake Orcadie” location, in the hopes that we would be able to drill the gray Jura member here. Today’s plan … Continue reading →

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Weather update from Gale Crater

Posted on November 7, 2018 by rburnham
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Curiosity: At the Lake

Posted on November 6, 2018 by rburnham

Sol 2222, November 6, 2018. Curiosity is again at Lake Orcadie. The image above is by the Navcam looking down, and the image at right shows the Hazcam view. Below is a Sol 2221 view of the Lake Orcadie outcrop. … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Return to Lake Orcadie!

Posted on November 6, 2018 by rburnham

Sol 2222, November 6, 2018, update by MSL scientist Catherine O’Connell-Cooper: Our attempts to drill grey rock on the “Vera Rubin Ridge” (VRR) continue. We are returning to an area known as “Lake Orcadie,” the site of two previous drill … Continue reading →

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Hummocky Plains Unit: Flood deposit in Gale Crater

Posted on November 6, 2018 by rburnham

The presence of water on Mars has been theorized for centuries. Early telescopes revealed ice caps, and early astronomers noted channels that were hypothesized to be natural rivers or creature-created canals. (…) Since its landing on the “Red Planet” in … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Curiosity goes bump!

Posted on November 5, 2018 by rburnham

Sol 2219-21, November 2, 2018, update by MSL scientist Kristen Bennett: Yesterday Curiosity drove for the first time since sol 2166! Our intrepid explorer is truly back at it after a few weeks off due to the anomaly. The short … Continue reading →

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