Tag Archives: Murray Formation

Curiosity: New surroundings

Posted on January 22, 2019 by rburnham

Sol 2297, January 22, 2019. A 36-meter (120-f00t) drive to the east placed Curiosity in new surroundings, although still atop Vera Rubin Ridge. The view above (click to enlarge it) sweeps from Mt. Sharp to the south around to the … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: Distant buttes

Posted on January 21, 2019 by rburnham

Sol 2295, January 20, 2019. The Remote Micro-Imager reached out to profile distant layered buttes on the flanks of Mt. Sharp. Click image to enlarge it. Sol 2295 raw images (from all cameras).

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Curiosity update: Just can’t wait to get on the road again

Posted on January 19, 2019 by rburnham

Sols 2295-97, January 18, 2019, update by MSL scientist Melissa Rice: Sometimes the best laid plans of rovers go astray. After wrapping up at the Rock Hall drill site yesterday, the plan was for Curiosity to start driving towards the … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: On the road again

Posted on January 18, 2019 by rburnham

Sols 2293-94, January 17, 2019, update by MSL scientist Michelle Minitti: It has been a productive stay at the “Rock Hall” drill site. The number and diversity of analyses performed on the drill target and drilled sample itself – mineralogy … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Dust to dust

Posted on January 18, 2019 by rburnham

Sol 2292, January 17, 2019, update by MSL scientists Brittney Cooper and Claire Newman: Today was our last day at “Rock Hall,” so it was our final chance to get every last bit of science at this location. We had … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Selfie time at Rock Hall: say cheese!

Posted on January 14, 2019 by rburnham

Sols 2291, January 14, 2019, update by MSL scientist Rachel Kronyak: Today we planned a single sol of activities, Sol 2291. As we begin to wrap up our activities at the Rock Hall drill site, Sol 2291 is chock full … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Drilling activity completed, almost

Posted on January 11, 2019 by rburnham

Sols 2288-90, January 11, 2019, update by MSL scientist Suzanne Schwenzer: We will soon be leaving the Rock Hall area, thus this one last look at the drill site from a hazard camera perspective. Seeing those holes always is special, … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: Gometra in the RMI’s sights

Posted on January 11, 2019 by rburnham

Sol 2286, January 10, 2019. The target dubbed Gometra, possibly a meteorite, was imaged by the Remote Micro-Imager (RMI). (An earlier but similar view of Gometra is here). Click the image to enlarge it. Sol 2286 raw images (from all … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Starting the wrap-up at Rock Hall

Posted on January 10, 2019 by rburnham

Sols 2286-87, January 10, 2019, update by MSL scientist Catherine O’Connell-Cooper: Our onboard instruments SAM (Sample Analysis at Mars) and CheMin (Chemistry and Mineralogy) have come to the end of their investigation of the Rock Hall target, likely to be … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: A spectra-cular Monday on Mars

Posted on January 9, 2019 by rburnham

Sols 2284-85, January 7, 2019, update by MSL scientist Mariah Baker: Today was a very smooth planning day on Mars, with the first scheduled science block in the plan being entirely filled by various spectroscopic ChemCam observations. The ChemCam instrument … Continue reading →

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