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Tag Archives: Mars Science Laboratory
Curiosity update: A personal touch
Sol 1964, February 13, 2018, update by MSL scientist Mark Salvatore: Like yesterday, today’s plan is a bit on the thin side, as the rover’s power allotment will be primarily dedicated to activities associated with the Sample Analysis at Mars … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Benbecula, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Newmachar, St. Kilda, Vera Rubin Ridge
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Curiosity: Checking out the next drill site?
Sol 1962-63, February 12-13, 2018. Curiosity is exploring an exposure of bedrock on Vera Rubin Ridge. As it has weathered, the rock has developed small modules. The Mastcam mosaic above was taken on Sol 1962, the front Hazcam view at … 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: Getting ready for the SAM geochronology experiment
Sol 1963, February 12, 2018, update by MSL scientist Lauren Edgar: Over the weekend Curiosity drove ~52 m to the northeast to another patch of gray bedrock. The team is interested in characterizing the gray bedrock to determine if we … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Newmachar, Ogunquit Beach, SAM, Sample Analysis at Mars, Vera Rubin Ridge, Yesnaby
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Curiosity update: Final call
Sol 1961-62, February 9, 2018, update by MSL scientist Rachel Kronyak: Today we planned for a weekend of activities at the same location we’ve been at all week. While we’re ready and eager to see some new terrain, we had … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Bloodstone Hill, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Glenfinnan, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Skara Brae, Vera Rubin Ridge
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Curiosity: Southern view from the ridge-top
Sol 1959, February 8, 2018. Three Navcam frames show the southern horizon, from Mt. Sharp at left to the western buttes on the right. In between are the layered sediments that are Curiosity’s eventual goal. Closer to the camera lies … 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 takes close look at tiny crystal shapes
Star-shaped and swallowtail-shaped tiny, dark bumps in fine-layered bright bedrock of a Martian ridge are drawing close inspection by NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover. This set of shapes looks familiar to geologists who have studied gypsum crystals formed in drying lakes … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Haroldswick, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Vera Rubin Ridge
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Curiosity update: Old site, new tricks
Sol 1959-60, February 7, 2018, update by MSL scientist Michelle Minitti: Recovering from the SAM fault proved more challenging than expected, so our planned drive to the patch of pale tan bedrock in the image above did not take place. … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Arnaboll, Cocksburnpath, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Harra Ebb, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Soay, Vera Rubin Ridge
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Potassium-argon dating of Mojave2 sample by Curiosity finds Amazonian-age jarosite
On the basis of studies of impact crater densities on Mars’s surface, scientists have separated the Red Planet’s geologic history into three broad divisions, the most recent of which is the Amazonian epoch. Because of the lack of available samples … Continue reading
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Tagged Curiosity, Gale Crater, jarosite, Mars Science Laboratory, Mojave2, MSL, mudstones, NASA, Pahrump Hills
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Curiosity update: Onwards towards gray patch
Sol 1957-58, February 5, 2018, update by MSL scientist Rachel Kronyak: Over the past several months we’ve made excellent progress up and along the Vera Rubin Ridge (VRR), taking stunning mosaics and using our instrument payload to examine the local … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Bloodstone Hill, Curiosity, Dummock, Gale Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, South Harris, Vera Rubin Ridge
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Curiosity: Bloodstone Hill
Sol 1955, February 4, 2018. Curiosity’s Remote Micro-Imager shot five frames to profile the feature dubbed Bloodstone Hill. Click the image to enlarge it. Sol 1955 raw images (from all cameras), and Curiosity’s latest location.
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Bloodstone Hill, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Remote Micro-Imager, RMI, Vera Rubin Ridge
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