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Weather update from Gale Crater
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Tagged Curiosity, dust storms, Gale Crater, global dust storms, Mars Science Laboratory, MSL, NASA, temperature, weather
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Curiosity update: Taking a closer look at the Stoer sample
Sols 2141-42, August 13, 2018, update by MSL scientist Ashley Stroupe: In today’s plan, Curiosity begins analysis of the long-awaited Pettegrove Point drill sample at the “Stoer” target, which was successfully collected last week (and I had the pleasure of … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Belhelvie, Ben Lui, Caltron Hill, Camas Mor, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Pettegrove Point, Pitlochry, Sandray, Stoer, Vera Rubin Ridge
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Curiosity update: Success at Pettegrove Point!
Sols 2138-40, August 13, 2018, update by MSL scientist Catherine O’Connell-Cooper: On our third attempt at drilling within the Pettegrove Point member on the Vera Rubin Ridge, we have success! Curiosity has successfully drilled, and generated a pile of drill … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Belhelvie, Camas Mor, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Greian, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Pettegrove Point, Sandray, Stoer, Vera Rubin Ridge
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Curiosity: Successful drilling at Stoer
Sol 2136, August 9, 2018. Must be a case of third-time-lucky — Curiosity’s drill dug into the Pettegrove Point rock at Stoer and produced a respectable pile of tailings around the drill hole. Click the image to enlarge it. (Pre-drill … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Pettegrove Point, Stoer, Vera Rubin Ridge
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Weather update from Gale Crater
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Tagged Curiosity, dust storms, Gale Crater, global dust storms, Mars Science Laboratory, MSL, NASA, temperature, weather
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Curiosity update: Try, try, and try again
Sols 2136-37, August 8, 2018, update by MSL scientist Sarah Lamm: After two sols of analyzing our intended drill site in the Pettegrove Point member, we began plans to drill the target “Stoer.” Stoer has had Mastcam images, MAHLI images, … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Belhelvie, Caithness, Camas Mor, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Glen Brittle, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Pettegrove Point, Sandray, Stoer, Vera Rubin Ridge
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Bagnold Dunes sand movement observed by Curiosity
[Editor’s note: From a paper by Mariah Baker and nine co-authors recently published in Geophysical Research Letters.] The Bagnold Dunes in Southern Summer: Active Sediment Transport on Mars Observed by the Curiosity Rover • Curiosity’s imaging campaigns in the Bagnold … Continue reading
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Tagged active dunes, Bagnold Dunes, Cape Elizabeth, Curiosity, Dorr Mountain, Gale Crater, Mapleton, Mars Science Laboratory, MSL, NASA, Ogunquit Beach, Precipice, sand, sand dunes, Sandy Point Beach, Southern Cove
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Curiosity: Mastcam scouts the Stoer drill site
Sol 2132, August 5, 2018. Curiosity’s Mastcam (34 mm lens) looked down and documented the proposed drill site, dubbed Stoer, for the third attempt to penetrate the hematite-hardened rock atop Vera Rubin Ridge. Below is another Mastcam composite, one which … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Pettegrove Point, Stoer, Vera Rubin Ridge
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Curiosity update: Third time’s a charm?
Sols 2134-35, August 6, 2018, update by MSL scientist Rachel Kronyak: After a weekend full of contact science, remote science, and driving, Curiosity arrived at her next drill site within the Pettegrove Point member. Our previous two drilling attempts within … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Pettegrove Point, Stoer, Strontian, Vera Rubin Ridge
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Curiosity update: Color abounds in Pettegrove Point
Sols 2131-33, August 6, 2018, update by MSL scientist Vivian Sun: Curiosity is currently preparing to bump to her next drill site in the Pettegrove Point member, but not before gathering many observations at our current location. There are interesting … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Bullers of Buchan, Curiosity, Dobbs Linn, Gale Crater, Inchnadamph, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Battock, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Pettegrove Point, Scourie More, Shiant Isles, Vera Rubin Ridge
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