Tag Archives: Southern Outcrop

Curiosity update: The Southern Escarpment almost within reach

Posted on July 25, 2019 by rburnham

Sol 2476, July 24, 2019, update by MSL engineer Ashley Stroupe: This morning Curiosity found herself parked at the base of the southern escarpment of the Visionarium. She’s at a significant tilt of 21 degrees; you can see the slope … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Powering through!

Posted on July 25, 2019 by rburnham

Sol 2475, July 23, 2019, update by MSL scientist Dawn Sumner: It’s winter for Curiosity, and it’s cold. That means that we have to spend extra energy heating up the instruments and motors for our activities. All of our energy … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: A way to spend a day at Solway

Posted on July 18, 2019 by rburnham

Sols 2470-71, July 17, 2019, update by MSL scientist Scott Guzewich: Today, Curiosity finds itself parked in front of a fascinating area of martian bedrock with clearly lighter and darker colored areas next to each other as seen in the … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Rolling southward!

Posted on July 16, 2019 by rburnham

Sols 2468-69, July 16, 2019, update by MSL scientist Catherine O’Connell-Cooper: Curiosity finished up our investigation at Harlaw Rise on the weekend, and commenced our drive to an area we are (informally) calling the “Southern Outcrop,” another of the ridge … Continue reading →

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