Tag Archives: Mars Science Laboratory

Weather update from Gale Crater

Posted on October 27, 2018 by rburnham
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Curiosity update: Getting back into the science swing of things!

Posted on October 26, 2018 by rburnham

Sols 2122-2212, October 24, 2018, update by MSL engineer Ashley Stroupe: While we are working toward understanding and recovering from the anomaly, Curiosity is slowly ramping back up into normal science operations. Earlier this week, we got our environmental instruments … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: Test panoramas

Posted on October 25, 2018 by rburnham

Sol 2210, October 24, 2018. In addition to Hazcam images taken throughout the day, Curiosity also shot a panorama series with left and right Navcams. The partial pans above (looking south) and below were taken with the right-side camera.  Click … Continue reading →

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Seeing Mars in a grain of sand

Posted on October 24, 2018 by rburnham

[Ed. note: The following is a guide to two recent special issues of the Journal of Geophysical Research; both collect papers reporting on studies of the Bagnold Dunes in Gale Crater. The guide complements the MSL report posted earlier here.] … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: All-day test

Posted on October 24, 2018 by rburnham

Sol 2209, October 23, 2018. Beginning at 10:22 a.m. local time and running to 5:55 p.m., Curiosity’s Navcams, and the A-side’s front and rear Hazcams, shot a series of left- and right-side pairs of images in an all-day test. The … Continue reading →

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Weather update from Gale Crater

Posted on October 22, 2018 by rburnham
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Curiosity update: Recapping the Bagnold Dune investigation

Posted on October 22, 2018 by rburnham

[Ed note: Post by MSL scientist Catherine O’Connell-Cooper, University of New Brunswick] As Curiosity continues on her journey up Mount Sharp (the mound in the centre of Gale crater), rocks we encounter contain evidence for changing environmental conditions. The fine-grained … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: Testing, testing…

Posted on October 22, 2018 by rburnham

Sol 2206, October 20, 2018. Curiosity was commanded to take two Navcam frames that largely overlap, perhaps as part of a test. This pair is from the left-side Navcam and is similar to the Sol 2199 image here, except for … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Science is baaaack!

Posted on October 19, 2018 by rburnham

Sol 2204, October 19, 2018, update by MSL scientist Sarah Lamm: Contrary to the “frightening” title, the Curiosity team is excited that science operations are starting to resume! The real fright was when Curiosity had an anomaly on Sol 2172 … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: Trio of new images using Side-A

Posted on October 18, 2018 by rburnham

Sol 2199, October 13, 2018. After nearly a month’s hiatus and switching to the Side-A computer, unused since Sol 200, Curiosity took front and rear Hazcam images, plus a Navcam image of the ground in front of the rover.  Click … Continue reading →

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