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Tag Archives: NASA
HiRISE: Side by side
Side by side. The objective of this observation is to examine a small channel that has cut through a crater north of Hellas Planitia. HiRISE Picture of the Day archive. [More at links]
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Tagged channels, fluvial channels, Hellas Planitia, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiPOD, HiRISE, HiRISE Picture of the Day, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, University of Arizona
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InSight: First likely marsquake detected
NASA’s Mars InSight lander has measured and recorded for the first time ever a likely “marsquake.” The faint seismic signal, detected by the lander’s Seismic Experiment for Interior Structure (SEIS) instrument, was recorded on April 6, the lander’s 128th Martian … Continue reading
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Tagged Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales, CNES, DLR, Elysium Planitia, German Aerospace Center, InSight, Interior Exploration Using Seismic Investigations Geodesy and Heat Transport, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, JPL, marsquakes, NASA, SEIS, Seismic Experiment for Interior Structure, seismology
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Curiosity: Kilmarie in color
Sol 2384, April 21, 2019. The Mastcam (100mm lens) took this image of the Kilmarie drill hole, which it appears may be shallower than Aberlady. Click the image to enlarge it. Sol 2384 raw images (from all cameras).
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Tagged Aberlady, Aeolis Mons, CBU, clay-bearing unit, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Glen Torridon, Kilmarie, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA
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THEMIS: Kaiser Crater dunes
THEMIS Image of the Day, April 23, 2019. This VIS image shows large individual dunes on the floor of Kaiser Crater. Small dark lines to the right of the sand dunes are the tracks made by dust devils as they … Continue reading
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Tagged active dunes, Arizona State University, ASU, dunes, dust devil tracks, Kaiser Crater, Mars Odyssey, NASA, sand dunes, THEMIS, THEMIS Image of the Day, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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Curiosity: Kilmarie drilled
Sol 2384, April 21, 2019. Successful drilling at Kilmarie puts two drill holes in the same Navcam frame. Aberlady is on the left, Kilmarie on the right on what may be a separate piece of bedrock. Click the image to … Continue reading
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Tagged Aberlady, Aeolis Mons, CBU, clay-bearing unit, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Glen Torridon, Kilmarie, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA
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HiRISE: Quite smoooooth
Quite smoooooth. Here in Deuteronilus Mensae, there is a smooth geologic unit overlying plains material. There are also slightly convex-up edges, polygonal patterns on the surface, and softened craters. HiRISE Picture of the Day archive. [More at links]
THEMIS: Sand sheet, dunes in Matara Crater
THEMIS Image of the Day, April 22, 2019. Today’s VIS image shows the floor of Matara Crater. A large sand sheet with surface dune forms dominates the floor of this crater located in Noachis Terra. The dunes’ dark tone indicates … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, Mars Odyssey, Matara Crater, NASA, Noachis Terra, sand dunes, sand sheets, THEMIS, THEMIS Image of the Day, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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Curiosity update: Drill all the rocks!
Sols 2383-2385, April 19, 2019, update by MSL scientist Abigail Fraeman: Yestersol’s drill pre-load test was successful, so today we are go for a drill attempt at “Kilmarie”! The front hazcam image from yesterday’s test (shown above) is a helpful … Continue reading
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Tagged Aberlady, Aeolis Mons, CBU, clay-bearing unit, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Glen Torridon, Kilmarie, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA
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Latest weather at Gale Crater and Elysium Planitia
Daily Elysium charts and data (temperature, wind speed, atmospheric pressure) here.
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Tagged Curiosity, dust storms, Elysium Planitia, Gale Crater, InSight, Interior Exploration Using Seismic Investigations Geodesy and Heat Transport, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, JPL, Mars Science Laboratory, MSL, NASA, temperature, Temperature and Wind for InSight, TWINS, weather
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Curiosity update: After the drill is before the drill…
Sol 2382, April 19, 2019, update by MSL scientist Susanne Schwenzer: Some days just give me goose bumps. First, looking at yesterday’s plan I realized that we did something really unusual overnight: Wrap up the drill activity on one site … Continue reading
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Tagged Aberlady, Aeolis Mons, CBU, clay-bearing unit, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Glen Torridon, Green Craig, Kilmarie, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Udny Green
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