Tag Archives: Naukluft Plateau

Curiosity: Balanced Rock & Murray Buttes

Posted on July 29, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1414, July 29, 2016. As Curiosity’s Navcam profiles the nearby mesas among the Murray Buttes, it gets another look at Balanced Rock on the right side of the mesa above. (Balanced Rock was last seen here back on Sol … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Keep on truckin’

Posted on July 28, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1414-16, July 27, 2016, update from USGS scientist Ken Herkenhoff: MSL drove over 45 meters on Sol 1412, to a location with lots of bedrock exposed but most of it is coated by dust.  So again we decided not … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: Murray Buttes skyline

Posted on July 27, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1412, July 26, 2016. The front right-side Hazcam captures some of the Murray Buttes as they form the skyline in front of Curiosity. Click image to enlarge it. Sol 1412 raw images (from all cameras), and Curiosity’s latest location.

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Curiosity update: No touch, just Go!

Posted on July 26, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1412-13, July 25, 2016, update from USGS scientist Ken Herkenhoff: MSL is making good progress, driving almost 68 meters last weekend.  We had the option of taking some MAHLI images on Sol 1412, but decided to maximize the drive … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: Rolling across rolling pavement

Posted on July 25, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1410, July 24, 2016. The Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) takes a shot at the scenery to the left of Curiosity from its stowed position on the instrument arm (hence the tilted framing). Below, a Navcam forward-looking composite, with … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Finishing up at Bimbe

Posted on July 23, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1409-11, July 22, 2016, update from USGS scientist Ryan Anderson: For the weekend plan, we have a bunch more observations of the interesting blocky deposit “Bimbe”. Sol 1409 starts off with a couple of Mastcam images: one of the … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: Bimbe rockpile

Posted on July 22, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1407, July 21, 2016. The rover’s instrument arm drops from the sky onto a pile of conglomerate rocks at Bimbe, in this (cropped and contrast adjusted) front Hazcam view. Click the image to enlarge it in a new tab. … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Bimbe conglomerates

Posted on July 21, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1405-08, July 20, 2016, update from USGS scientist Ryan Anderson: After a busy weekend plan, we are back to “restricted” sols this week, planning two days at a time. Monday’s planning for sols 1405-1406 started off with a discussion … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Juicy weekend plan

Posted on July 18, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1402-04, July 15, 2016, update from USGS scientist Lauren Edgar: It was a slow morning as we anxiously awaited our downlink at 11am this morning… and then we put together a hefty weekend plan.  We’re in late slide sols … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: Forward…

Posted on July 15, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1401, July 15, 2016. Two Navcam frames show the drive direction forward toward the southwest. The Murray Buttes lie at the top right edge of the image (click to enlarge). Sol 1401 raw images (from all cameras), and Curiosity’s … Continue reading →

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