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Sols 4343-4344: Late Slide, Late Changes - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024 Curiosity is driving along the western edge of the Gediz Vallis channel, heading for a good vantage point before turning westward and leaving the channel behind to explore the canyons beyond.science.nasa.gov
Red Rocks with Green Spots at ‘Serpentine Rapids’ - NASA Science
After discovering and sampling the “leopard spots” of “Bright Angel,” it became apparent that Perseverance’s journey of discovery in this region was not yet finished.science.nasa.gov
Sols 4341-4342: A Bumpy Road - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Monday, Oct. 21, 2024 After Curiosity’s busy weekend, the team is ready for another day of planning. We are able to take advantage of the Earth-Mars time offset to full plan on both sols of our plan today.science.nasa.gov
Sols 4338-4340: Decisions, Decisions - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Friday, Oct. 18, 2024 On sol 4338, we have a science block planned as well as some arm activities. Our science activities include a ChemCam observation of “Donkey Lake.” This is a bedrock target with exposed laminations.science.nasa.gov
Sols 4336-4337: Where the Streets Have No Name - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024 Curiosity continues to drive along the western edge of the upper Gediz Vallis channel.science.nasa.gov
Just Keep Roving - NASA Science
Throughout the past week, Perseverance has continued marching up the Jezero crater rim. This steep ascent through the Martian regolith (soil) can prove to be slow driving for the rover, as the wheels can slip on the steepest areas.science.nasa.gov
Sols 4334-4335: Planning with Popsicles — A Clipper Celebration! - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Monday, Oct. 14, 2024 Today was an unusually exciting day during tactical planning on the Curiosity mission because it intersected with a momentous event in space exploration: the launch of Europa Clipper from Kennedy Space Cente…science.nasa.gov
Sols 4331-4333: Today’s Rover ABC – Aurora, Backwards Driving, and Chemistry, with a Side of Images - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Friday, Oct. 11, 2024 This blogger is in the United Kingdom, just north of London, where we yesterday had beautiful night skies with a red aurora that was even visible with the unaided eye, and looked stunning on photographs.science.nasa.gov
Sols 4329-4330: Continuing Downhill - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024 Curiosity is continuing to make good progress downhill along the western edge of the Gediz Vallis channel, allowing us to take another look from a different perspective at this area we’ve spent many months…science.nasa.gov
Sols 4327-4328: On the Road Again - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Monday, Oct. 7, 2024 After successfully completing investigations within Gediz Vallis, Curiosity is back on the road through the Mg-sulfate (magnesium sulfate) bearing unit.science.nasa.gov
Sols 4325-4326: (Not Quite) Dipping Our Toes in the Sand - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Friday, Oct. 4, 2024 If you read this blog very often, you know that nearly every time the rover stops for science, MAHLI and APXS focus on interesting (and accessible!) rocks as targets.science.nasa.gov
Perseverance Matters - NASA Science
It is an important and exciting juncture in Mars exploration and astrobiology. This year, the SHERLOC instrument beat the odds and made one of the most exciting discoveries of the Mars 2020 mission.science.nasa.gov
Sols 4323-4324: Surfin’ Our Way out of the Channel - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024 As a member of the group tasked with organizing our campaign to investigate the Gediz Vallis channel and deposit (informally known as the Channel Surfers), I was a little sad this morning to see that our d…science.nasa.gov
Sols 4321-4322: Sailing Out of Gediz Vallis - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Monday, Sept. 30, 2024 For the past few plans, Curiosity has been wrapping up its science campaign within Gediz Vallis.science.nasa.gov
Sols 4318-4320: One Last Weekend in the Channel - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Friday, Sept. 27, 2024 We’re wrapping up our time in the channel with the highly anticipated examination of the “Sheep Creek” white stones.science.nasa.gov
Sols 4316-4317: Hunting for Sulfur - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024 Navigating the rugged, unforgiving Martian terrain is always a challenge, and our recent attempt to reach the “Sheep Creek” target highlights this.science.nasa.gov
Sols 4314-4315: Wait, What Was That Back There? - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Monday, Sept. 23, 2024 After a busy weekend of activities, Curiosity is ready for another week of planning.science.nasa.gov
Sols 4311–4313: A Weekend of Engineering Curiosity - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Friday, Sept. 20, 2024 Today, we planned for 3 sols over the weekend. On Sol 4311, we have a lot of science activities planned, including some ChemCam and Mastcam observations of the “Obelisk” target.science.nasa.gov
A Striped Surprise - NASA Science
Last week, team scientists and the internet alike were amazed when Perseverance spotted a black-and-white striped rock unlike any seen on Mars before. Is this a sign of exciting discoveries to come?science.nasa.gov
Sols 4309–4310: Leaning Back, Driving Back - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024 The lengthy drive planned on Monday executed as expected, and we came in today to find our rover parked at a jaunty angle on a sloped ridge.science.nasa.gov
Sols 4307-4308: Bright Rocks Catch Our Eyes - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Monday, Sept. 16, 2024 We made good progress through Gediz Vallis in the weekend drive, landing in a segment of the channel containing a mix of loose rubble and other channel-filling debris.science.nasa.gov
Reaching New Heights to Unravel Deep Martian History! - NASA Science
The Perseverance rover is reaching new heights as it ascends the rim of Jezero crater (over 300 meters in elevation higher than the original landing site)! The rover is now enroute to its first campaign science stop Dox Castle (image in the far groun…science.nasa.gov
Sols 4304-4006: 12 Years, 42 Drill Holes, and Now… 1 Million ChemCam Shots! - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Friday, Sept. 13, 2024 Today, I need to talk about ChemCam, our laser and imaging instrument on the top of Curiosity’s mast.science.nasa.gov
Sols 4302-4303: West Side of Upper Gediz Vallis, From Tungsten Hills to the Next Rocky Waypoint - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024 The rover is on its way from the Tungsten Hills site to the next priority site for Gediz Vallis channel exploration, in which we plan to get in close enough for arm science to one of the numerous large d…science.nasa.gov
Margin’ up the Crater Rim! - NASA Science
To conclude its exploration of the mysterious margin unit before it ascends the rim of Jezero Crater, Perseverance made one last stop this past week to investigate these strange rocks at “Eremita Mesa.science.nasa.gov
Sols 4300-4301: Rippled Pages - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Monday, Sept. 9, 2024 With today’s plan, Curiosity completes its most southerly planned exploration of the Gediz Vallis channel. From here, our rover will head north and climb out of the channel to explore terrain to the west.science.nasa.gov
Sols 4297-4299: This Way to Tungsten Hills - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Friday, Sept. 6, 2024 Contact science in our immediate workspace includes a joint effort by MAHLI and APXS to characterize a gray rock with two targets named “Big Baldy” and “Big Bird Lake.science.nasa.gov
Persevering Through the Storm - NASA Science
It's dust-storm season on Mars! Over the past couple of weeks, as we ascended the Jezero Crater rim, our science team has monitored increasing dust in the atmosphere — typically highest around this time of the Martian year.science.nasa.gov
Sols 4295-4296: A Martian Moon and Planet Earth - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024 Today’s two-sol plan contains the usual science blocks filled with contact science and remote science to observe and assess the geology surrounding us.science.nasa.gov
Sols 4291-4293: Fairview Dome, the Sequel - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Friday, Aug. 30, 2024 Our backwards drive to “McDonald Pass” got hung up on the steep slopes of “Fairview Dome,” but unlike a lot of movie sequels, our inadvertent return visit to Fairview Dome was at least as good as the origina…science.nasa.gov
Sol 4294: Return to McDonald Pass - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024 Curiosity has returned to “McDonald Pass,” a block within Gediz Vallis that we first spotted about a month ago (as seen in the above Front Hazcam image).science.nasa.gov
Behind the Scenes at the 2024 Mars 2020 Science Team Meeting - NASA Science
The Mars 2020 Science Team meets in Pasadena for 3 days of science synthesisscience.nasa.gov
Sols 4289-4290: From Discovery Pinnacle to Kings Canyon and Back Again - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Wednesday, Aug. 28 2024 We are back … almost, anyways. Today’s parking location is very close to where we parked on sol 4253, and in an area near one of the previous contact science targets “Discovery Pinnacle.science.nasa.gov
Sols 4287-4288: Back on the Road - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Monday, Aug. 26, 2024 Today’s planning day was a good example of how our team comes together to make quick decisions based on new information and science priorities.science.nasa.gov
Perseverance Kicks off the Crater Rim Campaign! - NASA Science
Perseverance is officially headed into a new phase of scientific investigation on the Jezero Crater rim!science.nasa.gov
Sols 4284–4286: Environmental Science Extravaganza - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Friday, Aug. 23, 2024 One of the many challenges of operating a rover on another planet is that we don’t always know where we’re going to be located before planning starts each day.science.nasa.gov
Sols 4282-4283: Bumping Away from Kings Canyon - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024 Having stayed in place for quite a few sols during our Kings Canyon drill campaign, we’re looking forward to doing a bump (ie: a short drive) and accomplishing some science in a new region.science.nasa.gov
Sols 4280-4281: Last Call at Kings Canyon - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Monday, Aug. 19, 2024 Curiosity successfully completed the drill sequence at the Kings Canyon site within the Gediz Vallis channel.science.nasa.gov
Sols 4277-4279: Getting Ready To Say Goodbye to the King! - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Friday, Aug. 16, 2024 It’s time to move on from our “Kings Canyon” drill site, so today’s plan focused on our usual tidy up routine after a drill campaign.science.nasa.gov