Sols 4188-4190: Aurora Watch on Mars
Contact science on “Tuolumne Meadows” and “Parker Lakes” on sol 4187 completed successfully. The included picture is a MAHLI image of “Parker Lakes” taken on Sol 4187, which shows abundant…
Contact science on “Tuolumne Meadows” and “Parker Lakes” on sol 4187 completed successfully. The included picture is a MAHLI image of “Parker Lakes” taken on Sol 4187, which shows abundant…
Sols 4182-4183: We Reached the South Aspect of Pinnacle Ridge… What’s Subsequent? Science@NASA
There are also plenty of environmental investigations in the plan. The atmospheric investigations include the usual cadence of REMS activities and DAN looks at the water in the subsurface with…
Sols 4173-4174: Reflections Science@NASA
On this two sol-planning day, the Curiosity science team logged in and found ourselves face to face with ‘Pinnacle Ridge’ (pictured above), part of the upper Gediz Vallis Ridge (uGVR)….
Meet the latest drill hole on Mars: “Okoruso,” created on Sol 1332, seen in the above MAHLI image. Drilling activities went well on Sol 1332, so the weekend plan is…
The SAM experiment is involved enough that it requires a dedicated sol in the plan, but the second sol of the plan was available for other observations. ChemCam targeted two…
Sols 3010-3012: Bonjour, Nontron (Mars) Science@NASA
Before driving this Sunday, Curiosity is wrapping up activities at Glasgow with a very full science plan and the opportunity to complete several activities that are rather infrequent. A series…
The mission doesn’t stop for us to eat cake though. Today weplanned Sols 1339 and 1340, continuing our drill campaign at the target “Okoruso”.On Sol 1339, MAHLI will observe a…