Tag Archives: St Cyrus

Curiosity update: In the clay unit

Posted on January 30, 2019 by rburnham

Sols 2304-05, January 29, 2019, update by MSL scientist Christopher Edwards: Today’s plan found Curiosity solidly in new territory and the view couldn’t be more different than the patchy bedrock of the Vera Rubin Ridge. The workspace for the next … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Just can’t wait to get on the road again

Posted on January 19, 2019 by rburnham

Sols 2295-97, January 18, 2019, update by MSL scientist Melissa Rice: Sometimes the best laid plans of rovers go astray. After wrapping up at the Rock Hall drill site yesterday, the plan was for Curiosity to start driving towards the … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Dust to dust

Posted on January 18, 2019 by rburnham

Sol 2292, January 17, 2019, update by MSL scientists Brittney Cooper and Claire Newman: Today was our last day at “Rock Hall,” so it was our final chance to get every last bit of science at this location. We had … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: Looking at rocks on the Ridge

Posted on January 8, 2019 by rburnham

Sol 2283, January 7, 2019. The rover’s Remote Micro-Imager (RMI) shot a three-frame composite of a rock (St Cyrus) that appears laced through and through with bright veins, plus a few large dark fragments. At right (top), the RMI view … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: It’s a wonderful day for SAM

Posted on January 7, 2019 by rburnham

Sols 2281-83, January 7, 2019, update by MSL scientist Vivian Sun: Today we are continuing the drill campaign at our red Jura target “Rock Hall.” The focus of this weekend’s plan is the dropoff of the Rock Hall sample to … Continue reading →

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