Tag Archives: Stimson Formation

Curiosity update: Still at Precipice

Posted on December 13, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1548-49, December 12, 2016, update by USGS scientist Ryan Anderson: Unfortunately, one of the drill diagnostics early in the plan indicated a problem, which prevented most of the other activities for the weekend (including the arm motion and drive) from … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Moving again!

Posted on December 10, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1545-47, December 9, 2016, update by USGS scientist Lauren Edgar: This morning we received downlink that indicated operation of the drill feed using standard commands. This is great news, and the anomaly response team has cleared the rover for … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Diagnostics & remote sensing

Posted on December 9, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1544, December 8, 2016, update by USGS scientist Lauren Edgar: The plan for Sol 1544 includes remote sensing and additional diagnostics to resolve the drill feed fault. The plan starts with a Mastcam tau and crater rim extinction observation … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Motor controller fault

Posted on December 8, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1543, December 7, 2016, update by USGS scientist Ken Herkenhoff: The Sol 1542 drill diagnostics did not complete as intended, and as a consequence, neither did some of the later science activities. Therefore, those tests and activities from Sol 1542 … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: RMI studies Sargent Mountain

Posted on December 7, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1542, December 6, 2016. Curiosity is parked while engineers figure out why the drill feed mechanism stopped advancing the drill before it touched the rock. Meanwhile, the Remote Micro-Imager (RMI) shoots a four-frame sequence across a target dubbed Sargent … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: More drill testing

Posted on December 7, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1542, December 6, 2016, update by USGS scientist Ken Herkenhoff: While investigation of the drill anomaly continues, more diagnostic tests will be performed on Sol 1542. Again, no mobility or other arm activities will be planned, so the science … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Change detection

Posted on December 6, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1541, December 5, 2016, update by USGS scientist Lauren Edgar: The weekend plan returned some great remote sensing data, including the above Mastcam image of “Ireson Hill” to investigate the stratigraphy exposed in a distant butte. While we work … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: Ireson Hill

Posted on December 5, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1539, December 4, 2016. Both the Mastcam (100mm lens) and the Remote Micro-Imager took aim at the low butte dubbed Ireson Hill. It lies to the southwest of Curiosity’s current position. Click either image to enlarge it. Sol 1539 … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Drill fault

Posted on December 2, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1537, December 1, 2016, update by USGS scientist Ken Herkenhoff: Unfortunately, the much-anticipated rotary-only drilling experiment did not even start due to a drill fault that is currently being investigated. This type of drill fault appears to be unrelated … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Drilling Precipice

Posted on December 1, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1536, November 30, 2016, update by USGS scientist Ken Herkenhoff: The The cross-contamination experiment and cleaning of CHIMRA went well, so we are ready to drill into the Precipice target! Past drilling activities have made use of both rotation … Continue reading →

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