Tag Archives: Naukluft Plateau

Curiosity update: Halfway to Naukluft Plateau

Posted on February 24, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1264-65, February 24, 2016, update from USGS scientist Ryan Anderson: We had a successful ~70 meter drive toward the Naukluft plateau, and the drive in today’s plan should put us about halfway to the base of the plateau. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Reports | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

Curiosity: Approaching Naukluft

Posted on February 24, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1262, February 23, 2016.  Five Navcam frames, looking generally north-northwest, profile the edge of the Naukluft Plateau. The rover must traverse this feature or go around it to skirt the dunes that stand in the way of driving toward … Continue reading →

Posted in Reports | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

Curiosity: Climbing onto Naukluft Plateau

Posted on February 23, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1261, February 22, 2016. The view grows wider as Curiosity drives up onto Naukluft Plateau to get around High Dune (at right). Click to enlarge. Sol 1261 raw images (from all cameras), and Curiosity’s latest location.

Posted in Reports | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

Curiosity update: Driving toward Naukluft Plateau

Posted on February 22, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1262-63, February 22, 2016, update from USGS scientist Ryan Anderson: We’re gearing up for a nice long drive toward the “Naukluft Plateau” in today’s plan! The sol 1262 plan starts off with ChemCam of the bedrock targets “Gemsboktal” and … Continue reading →

Posted in Reports | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

Curiosity update: 12 kilometers and counting

Posted on February 10, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1249, February 9, 2016, update from USGS scientist Ken Herkenhoff: The rover has traversed over 12 km since landing, and another drive is planned for Sol 1249.  The tactical planning team decided to forgo targeted remote science observations before … Continue reading →

Posted in Reports | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

Curiosity: Rough rock

Posted on February 9, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1248, February 9, 2016. With the rover having finished with Namib Dune, scientists are refocusing it on the rough-textured rock unit — the Murray Formation — on which the dunes are transient features. Namib Dune to the left, High … Continue reading →

Posted in Reports | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

Curiosity update: Analyzing Murray Formation bedrock

Posted on February 7, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1245-7, February 5, 2016, update from USGS scientist Lauren Edgar: On Sol 1244, Curiosity bumped 2 meters forward to get to a nice patch of bedrock.  The focus of the weekend plan is to study typical Murray formation bedrock, … Continue reading →

Posted in Reports | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off