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Tag Archives: Stimson Formation
Curiosity update: 12 kilometers and counting
Sol 1249, February 9, 2016, update from USGS scientist Ken Herkenhoff: The rover has traversed over 12 km since landing, and another drive is planned for Sol 1249. The tactical planning team decided to forgo targeted remote science observations before … Continue reading
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Curiosity: Rough rock
Sol 1248, February 9, 2016. With the rover having finished with Namib Dune, scientists are refocusing it on the rough-textured rock unit — the Murray Formation — on which the dunes are transient features. Namib Dune to the left, High … Continue reading
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Curiosity update: Re-planning a drive
Sol 1248, February 8, 2016, update from USGS scientist Ken Herkenhoff: It’s not Groundhog Day, but the drive planned for Sol 1247 will be attempted again on Sol 1248. Due to a minor sequencing error, the arm activities that were planned … Continue reading
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Curiosity update: Analyzing Murray Formation bedrock
Sol 1245-7, February 5, 2016, update from USGS scientist Lauren Edgar: On Sol 1244, Curiosity bumped 2 meters forward to get to a nice patch of bedrock. The focus of the weekend plan is to study typical Murray formation bedrock, … Continue reading
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Curiosity: RMI does a ‘Take 2′ on distant crater
Sol 1244, February 5, 2016. The ChemCam’s Remote Micro-Imager has reshot (above) the interior of a distant impact crater lying at the foot of Gale Crater’s interior wall, west- southwest of Curiosity’s current location. The arrow in the image at … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Bagnold Dunes, ChemCam, Chemistry and Camera, Curiosity, Gale Crater, High Dune, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Remote Micro-Imager, RMI, Stimson Formation
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Curiosity update: Bump, set… Scuff!
Sol 1244, February 4, 2016, update from USGS scientist Lauren Edgar: Today’s plan is focused on bumping towards a bedrock target to set us up for contact science in the weekend plan. As we bump forward, we’ll use the rear … Continue reading
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Curiosity: Forward and backward, at Namib Dune
Sol 1243, February 4, 2016. The Navcam shot a semi-panorama, broken here into two segments: the way westerly and forward (top), and a look behind (below) at Namib Dune. Click either to enlarge. Sol 1243 raw images (from all cameras), … Continue reading
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Curiosity update: Getting ready to leave Namib Dune
Sol 1243, February 3, 2016, update from USGS scientist Lauren Edgar: The contact science activities on Sol 1242 were successful, which completed our investigation at the Namib Dune sampling location. I love the above Navcam image, which shows just how … Continue reading
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Curiosity update: Last analyses of the dump piles
Sol 1242, February 2, 2016, update from USGS scientist Lauren Edgar: Today was the last day for science activities at Namib Dune, as we’re planning to drive away on Sol 1243. It’s fun looking at the disturbed sand in the … Continue reading
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Curiosity update: Wrapping up at Namib Dune
Sol 1241, February 1, 2016, update from USGS scientist Lauren Edgar: Curiosity is still parked at Namib dune, and we are we are close to finishing the science investigation here. The team is still working to diagnose the CHIMRA anomaly, … Continue reading
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