Tag Archives: Naukluft Plateau

Curiosity update: A change of plans

Posted on May 14, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1341-43, May 13, 2016, update from USGS scientist Ken Herkenhoff: The MSL team was originally planning a long drive this weekend, but there was enough interest in the fresh rock surfaces exposed near the rover that we decided to … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: Taking shots at Okoruso

Posted on May 12, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1338, May 11, 2016. Focusing on the tailings around the Okoruso drill site, ChemCam’s laser stitched two lines of sampling shots across the fine debris from the drill. The upper shot line just touched the inside of the hole … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Two Mars years!

Posted on May 12, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1339-40, May 11, 2016, update from USGS scientist Ryan Anderson: Happy birthday, Curiosity! As of today, the rover has been on the surface of Mars for two Mars years (almost four Earth years)! To celebrate, we have a new … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Two-day arm challenge, followed by a selfie

Posted on May 10, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1337-38, May 9, 2016, update from USGS scientist Lauren Edgar: Today’s two-sol plan is going to be quite an arm workout for Curiosity.  Over the weekend, Curiosity transferred and sieved the “Okoruso” drill sample, and analyzed it with CheMin.  … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Successful drilling at Okoruso

Posted on May 9, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1334-36, May 6, 2016, update from USGS scientist Lauren Edgar: Meet the latest drill hole on Mars: “Okoruso,” created on Sol 1332, seen in the above MAHLI image.  Drilling activities went well on Sol 1332, so the weekend plan … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Drilling at Okoruso

Posted on May 4, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1332-33, May 4, 2016, update from USGS scientist Lauren Edgar: Contact science activities on Sol 1330 went well, and we’re ready to drill at “Okoruso.”  As seen in the above MAHLI image, this target looks like pretty typical Stimson … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Characterizing next drill site

Posted on May 2, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1330-31, May 2, 2016, update from USGS scientist Lauren Edgar: Over the weekend, Curiosity completed the drilling investigation at Lubango, and we drove ~13 m to the “Ovitoto” area (note that this area is only ~4 m away from … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: At the dumps

Posted on May 2, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1327, April 30, 2016. At Lubango, the CHIMRA sample handling device dropped the sieved (fine) portion of the drill tailings on the ground for the APXS to analyze (upper left). To the upper right of the white debris next … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Wrapping it up at Lubango

Posted on April 29, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1326-29, April 29, 2016, update from USGS scientist Ryan Anderson: After a nice rest on Sol 1325, Curiosity was charged up and ready for lots of science! On Sol 1326, we started off with multispectral Mastcam observations of the … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Taking it easy

Posted on April 28, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1325, April 27, 2016, update from USGS scientist Ryan Anderson: It’s been a busy few days of drilling and related activities, so the plan for sol 1325 is a pretty simple one to allow the rover’s batteries to recharge. … Continue reading →

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