Tag Archives: Murray Buttes

Curiosity update: Cruising through the Murray Buttes

Posted on August 24, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1441-42, August 24, 2016, update by USGS scientist Lauren Edgar: Curiosity is making good progress through the Murray Buttes, and on Sol 1439 we drove another 34 m to the south.  Today’s two-sol plan fits our familiar routine: a pre-drive … Continue reading →

Posted in Reports | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

Curiosity: Mound over buttes

Posted on August 23, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1438, August 22, 2016. Mt Sharp rises above the Murray Buttes, in this Navcam composite of four frames looking generally south. Click to enlarge. Sol 1438 raw images (from all cameras), and Curiosity’s latest location.

Posted in Reports | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

Curiosity update: Target names that start with Q

Posted on August 23, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1439-40, August 22, 2016, update by USGS scientist Ryan Anderson: Our weekend drive halted a little bit early, but everything is looking good and we will continue to drive in today’s plan. We will start off the Sol 1439 … Continue reading →

Posted in Reports | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

Curiosity: Scoping out the buttes

Posted on August 22, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1436, August 20, 2016. The mastcam, using its 100mm lens, shoots a portrait of one of the Murray Buttes. (This is the same butte seen in the Navcam image here.) This image shows its disintegrating rock layers more clearly, … Continue reading →

Posted in Reports | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

Curiosity update: Smooth sailing

Posted on August 20, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1436, August 19, 2016, update by USGS scientist Ryan Anderson: We are making good progress with our drives (we’re already approaching our next drill site!) and the road in front of us is looking pretty smooth. As usual we … Continue reading →

Posted in Reports | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

Curiosity: 360° pan shows Murray Buttes

Posted on August 19, 2016 by rburnham

Eroded mesas and buttes reminiscent of the U.S. Southwest shape part of the horizon in the latest 360-degree color panorama from NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover. The rover used its Mast Camera (Mastcam) to capture dozens of component images of this … Continue reading →

Posted in Reports | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

Curiosity: Big Butte

Posted on August 18, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1432, August 16, 2016. The rover’s Mastcam, using its 34mm lens, shot a 21-frame portrait of a nearby Murray Butte. Click the image above to enlarge it, and go here for a full-resolution version (5.3 MB). Sol 1432 raw … Continue reading →

Posted in Reports | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

Curiosity update: Butte-iful scenery

Posted on August 17, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1433, August 17, 2016, update by USGS scientist Ryan Anderson: Yestersol’s drive went nicely, so today the plan looks quite similar, with a remote sensing block followed by another 50 meters of driving! The Sol 1433 plan starts with … Continue reading →

Posted in Reports | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

Curiosity: Rear window view

Posted on August 16, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1432, August 16, 2016. As Curiosity drives between, then away from, the Murray Buttes, the Navcam looks back. A careful look at the large butte on the right shows “Balanced Rock” in profile on the left edge of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Reports | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

Curiosity update: Crossing the sand

Posted on August 16, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1432, August 15, 2016, update by USGS scientist Ryan Anderson: The weekend plan went well, so the plan for Sol 1432 is to keep driving! Curiosity will go about 52 meters across a patch of sand, but before that … Continue reading →

Posted in Reports | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off