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Tag Archives: Mars Science Laboratory
Curiosity update: Today is a Shetland day!
Sol 2007, March 29, 2018, update by MSL scientist Mark Salvatore: The science team today had a few tough decisions to make to balance time and power. The three activities that must be balanced were arm activities (including high-resolution imaging … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Burghead, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, Mousa Broch, MSL, Muckle Roe, Murray Formation, NASA, Papa Stour, Stranraer, Sullom Voe, Vera Rubin Ridge, Walls Peninsula
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Curiosity: Rolling ridge rocks
Sol 2007, March 30, 2018. After a drive of nearly 32 meters (105 feet) to the southeast, Curiosity halted, and the Navcam took the usual end-of-drive view. The surface of Vera Rubin Ridge shows a distinctly rolling terrain ahead. Click … 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: Three (martian) years on the surface!
Sol 2006, March 28, 2018, update by MSL scientist Mark Salvatore: As of ~9:00pm Pacific Daylight Time this evening, Curiosity will have made three revolutions around the Sun while exploring Gale crater. Quite a feat, considering Curiosity’s primary mission was … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Burghead, Burntisland, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Vera Rubin Ridge
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Curiosity update: Squarely in the red
Sol 2005, March 28, 2018, update by MSL scientist Christopher Edwards: After completing a nearly 55m drive, Curiosity found itself sitting right in the middle of the strongest spectral detection of hematite identified along its path up Mt. Sharp. This … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murchison, Murray Formation, NASA, Stranraer, Vera Rubin Ridge
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Curiosity: Southern exposure
Sol 2004, March 27, 2018. Five Navcam frames provide a southern view, after Curiosity drove 54 meters (177 feet) to the northeast. Click the image to enlarge it. Sol 2004 raw images (from all cameras), and Curiosity’s latest location.
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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: Let’s try that one more time
Sol 2004, March 26, 2018, update by MSL scientist Abigail Fraeman: For Sol 2004, Curiosity threw it back to the 2004′s sleeper hit Mean Girls when the rover said, “Stop trying to make ‘drive’ happen.” The weekend drive stopped after … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Curiosity, Duncansby Head, Gale Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, Mousa, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Vera Rubin Ridge
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Curiosity update: 2001: A Mars Odyssey
Sol 2001, March 23, 2018, update by MSL scientist Abigail Fraeman: Geology Science Theme Group Leader Prof. Chris House kicked off our planning today by playing a rousing rendition of “Also sprach Zarathustra” over the phone line. Hearing the theme … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Appin, Boddam, Brora, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Kirkcudbright, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Sgurr of Eigg, Vera Rubin Ridge
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Curiosity: A Sol 2000 collection
Sol 2000, March 23, 2018. On the 2,000th martian day after touching down at Bradbury Landing, Curiosity is at work on Vera Rubin Ridge; more about the science plans here. In images taken today, we see Mt. Sharp viewed by … 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: Roving for 2000 martian days
Sol 2000, March 22, 2018, update by MSL scientist Christopher Edwards: Today marks a milestone for Curiosity. Our trusty Martian rover has spent 2000 sols exploring Gale Crater helping to unravel the geologic history preserved in the rocks. We’ve observed … Continue reading
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Mars Curiosity celebrates Sol 2,000
NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover just hit a new milestone: its two-thousandth Martian day, or sol, on the Red Planet. An image mosaic taken by the rover in January offers a preview of what comes next. Looming over the image is … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, clay minerals, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Phyllosilicate Trough, phyllosilicates, Vera Rubin Ridge
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