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Tag Archives: Pettegrove Point
Curiosity surveys a mystery under dusty skies
After snagging a new rock sample on Aug. 9, NASA’s Curiosity rover surveyed its surroundings on Mars, producing a 360-degree panorama of its current location on Vera Rubin Ridge. The panorama includes umber skies, darkened by a fading global dust … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Curiosity, Gale Crater, hematite, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Pettegrove Point, Stoer, Vera Rubin Ridge
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Curiosity update: Soliday Sunday
Sols 2145-46, August 20, 2018, update by MSL scientist Christopher Edwards: Unlike normal weekend plans for Curiosity that encompass three martian days, this plan only covers two. This “Soliday Sunday” isn’t really a day off for the rover like it … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Pettegrove Point, Stoer, Vera Rubin Ridge
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Curiosity update: False alarm!
Sols 2143-44, August 16, 2018, update by MSL scientist Brittney Cooper: The planning day began with an interesting result from the previous plan’s ChemCam RMI analysis of a target that was referred to as “Pettegrove Point Foreign Object Debris” (PPFOD), … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Balnakeil, Belhelvie, Ben Arkle, Camas Mor, Curiosity, False Alarm, Gale Crater, Loch Ranza, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Pettegrove Point, Pettegrove Point Foreign Object Debris, PPFOD, Rabhadh Ceàrr, Sandray, Stoer, Strathconon, Strontian 2, Traboyack, Vera Rubin Ridge
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Curiosity update: Taking a closer look at the Stoer sample
Sols 2141-42, August 13, 2018, update by MSL scientist Ashley Stroupe: In today’s plan, Curiosity begins analysis of the long-awaited Pettegrove Point drill sample at the “Stoer” target, which was successfully collected last week (and I had the pleasure of … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Belhelvie, Ben Lui, Caltron Hill, Camas Mor, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Pettegrove Point, Pitlochry, Sandray, Stoer, Vera Rubin Ridge
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Curiosity update: Success at Pettegrove Point!
Sols 2138-40, August 13, 2018, update by MSL scientist Catherine O’Connell-Cooper: On our third attempt at drilling within the Pettegrove Point member on the Vera Rubin Ridge, we have success! Curiosity has successfully drilled, and generated a pile of drill … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Belhelvie, Camas Mor, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Greian, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Pettegrove Point, Sandray, Stoer, Vera Rubin Ridge
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Curiosity: Successful drilling at Stoer
Sol 2136, August 9, 2018. Must be a case of third-time-lucky — Curiosity’s drill dug into the Pettegrove Point rock at Stoer and produced a respectable pile of tailings around the drill hole. Click the image to enlarge it. (Pre-drill … Continue reading
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Curiosity update: Try, try, and try again
Sols 2136-37, August 8, 2018, update by MSL scientist Sarah Lamm: After two sols of analyzing our intended drill site in the Pettegrove Point member, we began plans to drill the target “Stoer.” Stoer has had Mastcam images, MAHLI images, … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Belhelvie, Caithness, Camas Mor, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Glen Brittle, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Pettegrove Point, Sandray, Stoer, Vera Rubin Ridge
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Curiosity: Mastcam scouts the Stoer drill site
Sol 2132, August 5, 2018. Curiosity’s Mastcam (34 mm lens) looked down and documented the proposed drill site, dubbed Stoer, for the third attempt to penetrate the hematite-hardened rock atop Vera Rubin Ridge. Below is another Mastcam composite, one which … Continue reading
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Curiosity update: Third time’s a charm?
Sols 2134-35, August 6, 2018, update by MSL scientist Rachel Kronyak: After a weekend full of contact science, remote science, and driving, Curiosity arrived at her next drill site within the Pettegrove Point member. Our previous two drilling attempts within … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Pettegrove Point, Stoer, Strontian, Vera Rubin Ridge
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Curiosity update: Color abounds in Pettegrove Point
Sols 2131-33, August 6, 2018, update by MSL scientist Vivian Sun: Curiosity is currently preparing to bump to her next drill site in the Pettegrove Point member, but not before gathering many observations at our current location. There are interesting … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Bullers of Buchan, Curiosity, Dobbs Linn, Gale Crater, Inchnadamph, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Battock, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Pettegrove Point, Scourie More, Shiant Isles, Vera Rubin Ridge
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