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Curiosity: Forward vista

Posted on November 11, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1516, November 10, 2016. Shifting the rover’s focus from the closeup on Southwest Harbor’s details, Curiosity’s Navcam takes in the vista lying before the rover. Note that the surface materials here have become roughly half and half sand and … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: Southwest Harbor

Posted on November 10, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1514, November 9, 2016. The MAHLI surveys the target dubbed Southwest Harbor. At right, a general view with the circle showing the area in close-up above. (Click close-up to enlarge it; 2.4 MB.) Sol 1514 raw images (from all … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Touch & go at Southwest Harbor

Posted on November 7, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1514-15, November 7, 2016, update by USGS scientist Ryan Anderson: Our weekend plan was successful, with lots of good observations and a 43 meter drive. Today’s 2-sol plan starts out with a brief contact science block, during which MAHLI … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Brushing Penobscot

Posted on November 7, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1511-13, November 4, 2016, update by USGS scientist Ken Herkenhoff: After driving over 40 meters on Sol 1509, MSL is ready for the 3-sol weekend plan.  There are a couple of good-sized outcrops in the arm workspace, so we’re planning … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: No contact science

Posted on November 3, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1509-10, November 2, 2016, update by USGS scientist Ken Herkenhoff: MSL drove another 44 meters on Sol 1508, ending up in an area that again is partly covered by dark sand.  There aren’t any very compelling targets within the … Continue reading →

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More on the Egg Rock meteorite

Posted on November 2, 2016 by rburnham

Laser-zapping of a globular, golf-ball-size object on Mars by NASA’s Curiosity rover confirms that it is an iron-nickel meteorite fallen from the Red Planet’s sky. Iron-nickel meteorites are a common class of space rocks found on Earth, and previous examples … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: A sandy spot

Posted on November 2, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1508, November 1, 2016, update by USGS scientist Ken Herkenhoff: MSL drove almost 30 meters on Sol 1507, into an area with more dark sand than we have been seeing recently.  Because only a few rocks are exposed in … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: Sandy patches ahead

Posted on November 1, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1507, November 1, 2016. As Curiosity continues its trek toward Mt. Sharp, the Navcam shows the rover is approaching terrain with increasing numbers of wind-rippled patches of sand. Not too much farther ahead these will grow in size and … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: What’s lurking in Blackwoods and Witch Hole Pond?

Posted on November 1, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1507, October 31, 2016, update by USGS scientist Lauren Edgar: Happy Halloween from Mars! Over the weekend Curiosity drove 51 m further to the south, and we continue to investigate the Murray formation.  I was the GSTL and KOP … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Wonderland of interesting targets

Posted on October 31, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1504-6, October 28, 2016, update by USGS scientist Ryan Anderson: It’s Friday, so that means we have another busy weekend plan! Our 37 meter drive yesterday brought us to a very interesting location with lots of targets to choose … Continue reading →

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