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Tag Archives: Mars Science Laboratory
Curiosity tests a new way to drill on Mars
NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover has conducted the first test of a new drilling technique on the Red Planet since its drill stopped working reliably. This early test produced a hole about a half-inch (1-centimeter) deep at a target called Lake … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Lake Orcadie, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Vera Rubin Ridge
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Curiosity: Drill, baby, drill
Sol 1977, February 27, 2018. First drilling in more than a year. Above is the Mastcam 100mm view of the drill site showing the tailings pile. At right, the drill head (Mastcam 34mm), and the drill bit (Mastcam 100mm). Click … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Lake Orcadie, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Vera Rubin Ridge
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NASA Mars Report, February 26, 2018
NASA’s Curiosity finds crystals, Opportunity celebrates her 5,000th day on Mars, and the MarCO smallsats get solar arrays. [More at link]
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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: Ready, set… hold
Sols 1974-76, February 27, 2018, update by MSL scientist Christopher Edwards: After a successful drill preload test, Curiosity was primed to drill for the first time in about a year. Unfortunately, due to a light downlink from the Mars Odyssey … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Benbecula, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Rockall, Vera Rubin Ridge
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Curiosity update: Go for drilling!
Sol 1973, February 22, 2018, update by MSL scientist Mark Salvatore: Curiosity is officially go for drilling the “Lake Orcadie” target! After more than a year’s wait for the drill to come back online, the rover planners and engineers are … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Lake Orcadie, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Vera Rubin Ridge
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Curiosity update: Finishing up observations of Ogunquit Beach
Sol 1972, February 22, 2018, update by MSL scientist Abigail Fraeman: Tosol we planned to finish up our suite of observations on the “Ogunquit Beach” sand sample that was off-loaded from the rover over the weekend. As described in yesterday’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Lake Orcadie, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Ogunquit Beach, Peterculler, Vera Rubin Ridge
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Curiosity update: Piling on
Sol 1971, February 21, 2018, update by MSL scientist Michelle Minitti: Over the weekend, Curiosity successfully off-loaded the sample she acquired previously, the “Ogunquit Beach” sand sample, in preparation for what the science team hopes is acquisition of a new … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Black Cuillin, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Ogunquit Beach, Vera Rubin Ridge
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Curiosity update: Dumping Ogunquit Beach sample
Sols 1968-70, February 16, 2018, update by MSL scientist Ken Herkenhoff: We got lots of good news this morning: The DRT brushing of the potential drill target [at right] completed successfully, as did SAM’s recent analysis of the Ogunquit Beach … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Curiosity, Dingwall, Fladda, Gale Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Ogunquit Beach, Smoo Cave, St. Andrews, Vera Rubin Ridge, Yesnaby
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Curiosity update: Studying a potential drill target
Sols 1966-67, February 15, 2018, update by MSL scientist Ken Herkenhoff: We are planning 2 sols today to get a head start on the holiday weekend planning. We had several options today, including mobility and contact science with or without … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Curiosity, Forties, Gale Crater, Lake Orcadie, Loch Ba, Loch Carron, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Newmachar, Vera Rubin Ridge, Village Bay
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Curiosity update: Torrid(on) pace
Sol 1965, February 14, 2018, update by MSL scientist Michelle Minitti: For the last several months, the science, engineering and operations teams have only met three days a week to plan activities for Curiosity in order to give the engineers … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Newmachar, Ogunquit Beach, Torridon, Vera Rubin Ridge
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