Tag Archives: Naukluft Plateau

Curiosity: At the Murray-Stimson contact

Posted on March 9, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1276, March 9, 2016. Curiosity has climbed onto the top of the Murray Formation’s rocks and parked on the contact with the darker Stimson Formation. The latter is made of thin layers of sandstone or shale with cross-bedding that … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Interesting veins and textures

Posted on March 8, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1275-76, March 8, 2016, update from USGS scientist Ryan Anderson: The weekend drive went well, and put us in a great location for some contact science, right near the contact between the “Murray” and “Stimson” formations, with some interesting … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: Gaining altitude

Posted on March 8, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1274, March 7, 2016. Curiosity is parked in a shallow valley, pointing southwest and up onto Naukluft Plateau. An hour and half after taking the images showing the geologic contact ahead, the rover turned the Navcam to the left … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: Stratigraphic contact ahead

Posted on March 7, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1274, March 7, 2016. As Curiosity approaches the edge of the Naukluft Plateau, it is approaching a clear-cut change in rock units. Note the darker tint of the overlying Stimson Formation (which has thin, cross-bedded layers), compared to the … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Driving up to the Naukluft Plateau

Posted on March 4, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1273-74 March 4, 2016, update from USGS scientist Ken Herkenhoff: We are planning only 2 sols today because tactical operations will transition to nominal next week (working all 5 weekdays). On Sol 1273, Mastcam will acquire a multispectral image of … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Remote sensing, CheMin analysis

Posted on March 3, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1271-72, March 2, 2016, update from USGS scientist Lauren Edgar: Today’s 2-sol plan is focused on targeted remote sensing, imaging to prepare for contact science, and CheMin analysis of the Gobabeb #6 sample.  We’re in a great position on … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Approaching Naukluft Plateau

Posted on March 1, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1269-70, March 1, 2016, update from USGS scientist Lauren Edgar: Here is Monday’s blog post (can we blame the delay on leap day?).  Curiosity is currently making her way toward the Naukluft Plateau, and Monday’s plan was full of … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Taking stock of Stockdale

Posted on February 26, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1266-68, February 26, 2016, update from USGS scientist Ryan Anderson: Today’s plan has a nice mix of science and driving. The rover will start off on Sol 1266 with ChemCam observations of the targets “Ugab”, “Rooibank” and “Stockdale”. We … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: Locating RMI’s ‘distant deposits’

Posted on February 26, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1264, February 25, 2016. The red boxes on two Navcam images outline the locations of two recent RMI mosaics seen here. Taken at long range by the rover’s Remote Micro-Imager, the mosaics show deposits far away to the north … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: Edge of the Naukluft in color

Posted on February 25, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1262, February 23, 2016. The Mastcam’s wide-angle lens has profiled the lip of the Naukluft Plateau, the next waypoint for Curiosity. Click to enlarge. Sol 1262 raw images (from all cameras), and Curiosity’s latest location.

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