Tag Archives: Naukluft Plateau

Curiosity update: Analysis of blocky deposits

Posted on July 15, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1401, July 14, 2016, update from USGS scientist Lauren Edgar: The drive on Sol 1400 went well, and Curiosity drove ~13 m along the edge of the blocky deposit “Bimbe.”  Today’s plan involves a number of ChemCam and Mastcam … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Approaching the Bimbe blocks

Posted on July 14, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1400 [!], July 13, 2016, update from USGS scientist Lauren Edgar: On Sol 1399, Curiosity drove ~32 m closer to a blocky deposit known as “Bimbe.”  We’ve identified several notable blocky deposits in orbital images, and this will be … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: On the road again

Posted on July 13, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1399, July 12, 2016, update from USGS scientist Lauren Edgar: We’re back in our familiar drive pattern, with a short science block followed by a drive.  In today’s pre-drive science block, ChemCam and Mastcam will be used to study … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: Rolling on

Posted on July 12, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1398, July 12, 2016. After the safe-mode hiatus, rover drivers are looking ahead toward relatively smooth, if rolling, terrain to drive over. On the right stand the Murray Buttes. Click image to enlarge it. Sol 1398 raw images (from … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: Murray Buttes & Balanced Rock

Posted on July 7, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1387, July 1, 2016. Before the rover entered safe mode, it took a 20-frame  panorama looking toward the west with the 100mm lens of the Mastcam. The features are the Murray Buttes. The image above (left half of the … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Safe mode

Posted on July 7, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1389, July 6, 2016, update from USGS scientist Ken Herkenhoff: The activities planned for Sols 1387 and 1388 completed successfully, and lots of good data were returned including a stunning Right Mastcam panorama of the “Murray Buttes” toward the … Continue reading →

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Curiosity puts itself into safe mode

Posted on July 6, 2016 by rburnham

The team operating NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover is taking steps to return the rover to full activity following a precautionary stand-down over the Fourth of July weekend. Curiosity is now communicating with ground controllers and is stable. The rover put … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Holiday weekend, good luck Juno!

Posted on July 4, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 13897-91, July 1, 2016, update from USGS scientist Ryan Anderson: Today we put together a three sol plan to take us through the holiday weekend. On Sol 1389 we do contact science with APXS and MAHLI on the target … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Limited targeting data

Posted on July 1, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1387-88, June 30, 2016, update from USGS scientist Ryan Anderson: In the lead up to the long 4th of July weekend, we are planning two sols today and three sols tomorrow. We only had a couple of Navcam images … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Study Trekkopje, check wheels

Posted on June 30, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1386, June 29, 2016, update from USGS scientist Ryan Anderson: Our drive in the Sol 1385 plan took us 66 meters, continuing our path south between the “Baynes Mountains” and “Helgas Dune”. The plan for Sol 1386 starts off … Continue reading →

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