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Tag Archives: Mars Science Laboratory
Curiosity update: The workspace that just keeps giving
Sol 2019, April 11, 2018, update by MSL scientist Lauren Edgar: For the past few sols Curiosity has been exploring a diverse assemblage of cobbles and boulders on Vera Rubin Ridge, trying to understand how this blocky deposit came to … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Greenheugh, Mars Science Laboratory, Minginish, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Rousay, Sanquhar, Vera Rubin Ridge
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Curiosity update: Rock garden
Sol 2018, April 9, 2018, update by MSL scientist Scott Guzewich: An eclectic mix of rock targets has kept our team’s attention for another sol today. The sheer number of possible science investigations led us to initially oversubscribing our science … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Ardgour, Askival, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Hopeman, Ledmore, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Rousay, Tyndrum 2, Vera Rubin Ridge
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Curiosity update: Rover in a candy store
Sols 2015-17, April 6, 2018, update by MSL scientist Michelle Minitti: Like Harry Potter in Honeydukes or Charlie in the Chocolate Factory, Curiosity rolled up to the proverbial candy store today, wondering “where to begin?!” The variety of rock types … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Askival, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Hopeman, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Staffa, Tyndrum, Vera Rubin Ridge
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Curiosity update: Something new and different
Sol 2014, April 5, 2018, update by MSL scientist Lauren Edgar: For much of the last year, Curiosity has been exploring fine-grained rocks along Vera Rubin Ridge, and investigating red and gray color variations. Recently, something else caught our eye: … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Corsehill, Curiosity, Edzell, Gale Crater, Lingarabay, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Sidlaw, Vera Rubin Ridge, Waternish
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History of Mars’ water, seen through the lens of Gale Crater
The surface of Mars today is cold, dry, and inhospitable to life. But was it always so? Past research indicates that the Red Planet may have been a very different world more than 3 billion years ago, with warmer weather, … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, calcium sulfates, climate change, climate cycles, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, NASA, Vera Rubin Ridge, water
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Curiosity update: From Biwabik back to Torridon
Sol 2013, April 4, 2018, update by MSL scientist Roger Wiens: Factoids: Mars is the only known planet inhabited exclusively by active robots. It has been this way for over fourteen Earth years, with a cumulative total of twenty-six Earth … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Arrochar, Biwabik, Curiosity, Foula, Gale Crater, Galloway, hematite, Kinloch, Lingarabay, Mars Science Laboratory, Mesabi Range, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Opportunity, Region 13, Suilven, Torridon, Vera Rubin Ridge
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Curiosity update: Moving on
Sol 2012, April 4, 2018, update by MSL scientist Christopher Edwards: After failing to pass SRAP (the process that makes sure the rover is safe to use its arm) on the previous sol (see Sol 2011 for details), we finished … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Vera Rubin Ridge
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Curiosity update: Take only pictures, leave only wheel tracks
Sol 2011, April 2, 2018, update by MSL scientist Ryan Anderson: After the weekend drive, the rover ended up in a spot that was a little too unstable to pass the Slip Risk Assessment Process (SRAP). That means that there … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Insch, Mars Science Laboratory, Morven, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Pabay, Peace Vallis, Vera Rubin Ridge
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NASA Mars Report, March 30, 2018
NASA’s InSight arrives at Vandenberg AFB and readies for launch, Opportunity uses its abrasion tool for the first time in 300 sols, and Curiosity celebrates 2,000 Martian days on the Red Planet. For more about all of NASA’s Mars missions, … Continue reading
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Tagged Curiosity, InSight, Interior Exploration Using Seismic Investigations Geodesy and Heat Transport, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, JPL, M2020, MarCO, Mars 2020, Mars 2020 rover, Mars Cube One, Mars Exploration Rover, Mars Science Laboratory, MER, MSL, NASA, Opportunity
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Curiosity update: Exploring variations in composition, texture, and color
Sols 2008-10, March 30, 2018, update by MSL scientist Lauren Edgar: Yesterday Curiosity drove 35 m to the southeast, which set us up for some great contact science on the rim of a small impact crater. We’re working our way … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Beinn Dearg Mhor, Curiosity, Dalbeattie, Dun Caan, Gale Crater, Lanark, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Saxa Vord, Stac Fada, Vera Rubin Ridge
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