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Tag Archives: Naukluft Plateau
Curiosity update: Gnarly terrain ahead
Sol 1292, March 24, 2016, update from USGS scientist Lauren Edgar: Data was recovered from the missing MRO pass on Sol 1290, and we confirmed that the 23 m drive went well. Today’s plan is to keep driving across the … Continue reading
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Curiosity update: Another curveball
Sol 1291, March 23, 2016, update from USGS scientist Lauren Edgar: Mars is certainly keeping us on our toes this week, and reminding us how challenging it can be to do remote operations on another planet. We use two satellites … Continue reading
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Opportunity: Moving higher for firmer ground & clay minerals
Sol 4323, March 23, 2016. Opportunity is exploring Marathon Valley because orbital spectrometry found exposures of water-altered clay minerals in the valley. But with the ground proving too loose to allow Opportunity to reach its intended outcrop target at Pvt. … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, clay minerals, Curiosity, Gale Crater, LPSC 2016, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Naukluft Plateau, phyllosilicates, Pvt. Joseph Whitehouse, smectites, Stimson Formation
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Curiosity update: A good vantage point
Sol 1290, March 22, 2016, update from USGS scientist Lauren Edgar: The drive on Sol 1290 was successful, and Curiosity drove ~15 m to the north. We are currently sitting on top of a ridge in the Stimson formation, which … Continue reading
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Curiosity: Ancient dune field, now rock, points to different past climate
Sol 1288, March 21, 2016. Curiosity is driving across the Naukluft Plateau. This is part of the Stimson Formation, a flat-lying, thin-layered sandstone with crossbedded features that indicate it was once a field of dunes. (Click image to enlarge.) According … Continue reading
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Curiosity update: Third time’s the charm?
Sol 1289, March 21, 2016, update from USGS scientist Lauren Edgar: The science that we planned over the weekend went smoothly, and we acquired some beautiful MAHLI and Mastcam images. However, the drive that was planned for Sol 1288 did … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Koigab, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Naukluft Plateau, Sesriem Canyon, Stimson Formation, Varianto
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Curiosity: Long shots, continued
Sol 1286, March 19, 2016. Continuing its multi-frame profiling at long distance, the Remote Mirco-Imager shoots more layers and buttes on the visible face of Mt. Sharp. Click to enlarge. Sol 1286 raw images (from all cameras), and Curiosity’s latest … Continue reading
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Curiosity update: Blame it on the leprechauns
Sol 1286-88, March 18, 2016, update from USGS scientist Lauren Edgar: St. Patrick’s Day on Mars didn’t quite go as planned. Yesterday we planned a ~15 m drive to a nearby ridge, but we came in this morning to find … Continue reading
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Curiosity: Mastcam 100 image shows RMI context
Sol 1283, March 16, 2016. The Mastcam’s 100mm lens took two frames (seen here in grayscale) which show the dramatic context for the recent RMI composite image. Click to enlarge. Sol 1283 raw images (from all cameras), and Curiosity’s latest … Continue reading
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Curiosity update: Still driving across the plateau
Sol 1285, March 17, 2016, update from USGS scientist Lauren Edgar: Curiosity is still working her way across the Naukluft Plateau. On Sol 1284 Curiosity drove ~27 m, which brings our total traverse distance to ~12,549 m. Today’s plan is fairly … Continue reading
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