Tag Archives: Voyageurs

Curiosity report, Sols 2093-2162, by Emily Lakdawalla, The Planetary Society

Posted on September 7, 2018 by rburnham

September 6, 2018: Three Tries to Successful Drill Atop Vera Rubin Ridge: Heedless of the (now-dissipating) dust storm, Curiosity has achieved its first successful drill into rocks that form the Vera Rubin ridge, and is hopefully on the way to … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: The story of Stoer

Posted on August 30, 2018 by rburnham

Sol 2156 August 30, 2018, update by MSL scientist Abigail Fraeman: After an extremely productive couple of weeks, we are finishing up our work at Stoer! We’ll take some quick ChemCam and Mastcam observations of the tailings dump pile tosols … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: Zapping Ailsa Craig

Posted on July 30, 2018 by rburnham

Sol 2125, July 29, 2018. Penetrating the rock at Ailsa Craig, like that at Voyageurs, proved to be too difficult for Curiosity’s drill. So mission scientists turned the ChemCam’s laser zapper onto the shallow hole and loose tailings, as the … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: At the (very) Hard Rock Cafe

Posted on July 18, 2018 by rburnham

Sol 2114, July 18, 2018. The first of two Remote Micro-Imager photos taken about 20 minutes apart shows how far Curiosity’s drill got when it tried to dig into the hematite-rich rock at the Voyageurs site: Not far. Then the … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Finishing up at the Voyageurs drill site

Posted on July 17, 2018 by rburnham

Sol 2114, July 17, 2018, update by MSL scientist Mark Salvatore: After our attempt to drill the Voyageurs target did not reach sufficient depth due to the impressive hardness of the rock , the team is beginning to finish up … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Hard as a rock

Posted on July 17, 2018 by rburnham

Sol 2113, July 16, 2018, update by MSL scientist Lauren Edgar: Unfortunately, we found out this morning that the “Voyageurs” drill target was a much harder rock than expected. While our drill plan executed perfectly, our bit stopped short of … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: Drilling at Voyageurs

Posted on July 16, 2018 by rburnham

Sols 2111-2112, July 15-16, 2018. With Curiosity at the Voyageurs outcrop, the drill went to work. The Mastcam view above shows the drill site (arrow). Below is the Hazcam view of the drill at work, and at right is the … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Let the drill fest begin!

Posted on July 13, 2018 by rburnham

Sols 2110-12, July 13, 2018, update by MSL scientist Lauren Edgar: Drilling on another planet is no easy feat, and each time we have the opportunity to do so on Mars feels pretty special. The focus of the weekend three-sol … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Voyageurs

Posted on July 13, 2018 by rburnham

Sol 2109, July 12, 2018, update by MSL scientist Abigail Fraeman: I first became involved with Curiosity shortly after starting my third year of graduate school in the fall of 2011. My graduate advisor was selected to join the mission … Continue reading →

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