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Tag Archives: Sulfate Unit
Curiosity update: Climbing higher
Sols 2451-53, June 28, 2019, update by MSL scientist Roger Wiens: Curiosity has been a bit down lately — in elevation. After exploring the top of Vera Rubin Ridge (VRR) last year, the rover descended into a trough south of … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Buckie, CBU, clay-bearing unit, Curiosity, Earn, Gale Crater, Glen Torridon, Greenheugh Pediment, Harlaw, Harlaw Rise, Magnus Bay, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, North Sea, Red Point, Roineva, Sulfate Unit, Tayside, Vera Rubin Ridge
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Curiosity: Five years ago and 154 million miles away —
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover, which landed near Mount Sharp five years ago this week, is examining clues on that mountain about long-ago lakes on Mars. On Aug. 5, 2012, the mission team at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Clay Unit, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Sulfate Unit, Vera Rubin Ridge
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