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Sols 4275-4276: A Familiar View - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024 The star of today’s plan is SAM’s GCMS, which continues our analysis of the “Kings Canyon” drill sample.science.nasa.gov
Sols 4273-4274: Prep Rally - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Monday, Aug. 12, 2024 The SAM EGA over the weekend was successful, and that means we’re well on our way to planning the GCMS (Gas Chromatograph Mass Spectrometry) on our “Kings Canyon” drill sample! GCMS is an energy-intensive ac…science.nasa.gov
Sols 4270-4272: Sample for SAM - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Friday, Aug. 9, 2024 The focus for this three-sol weekend plan is delivering a portion of the Kings Canyon drill sample to SAM for Evolved Gas Analysis (EGA), following on from a successful CheMin analysis.science.nasa.gov
Sols 4268-4269: Admiring Kings Canyon - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024 Curiosity is admiring our latest drill hole, “Kings Canyon.science.nasa.gov
Sols 4266-4267: Happy ‘Landiversary,’ Curiosity - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Monday, Aug. 5, 2024 After the usual morning routine of doing some engineering housekeeping, Curiosity continues to take some remote science observations.science.nasa.gov
Sols 4263-4265: A Royal Birthday Celebration at Kings Canyon - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Friday, Aug. 2, 2024 Prepare your party poppers, horns, and confetti! On Aug. 6 (EDT), after 4,265 Martian sols since Curiosity first landed in Gale Crater, the rover will be turning 12 years old.science.nasa.gov
Sols 4261-4262: Drill Sol 1…Take 2 - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Wednesday, July 31, 2024 As Cat mentioned on Monday, today’s plan is a second attempt at our Drill Sol 1 activities.science.nasa.gov
Sols 4259-4260: Kings Canyon Go Again! - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Monday, July 29, 2024 Our weekend drill preload test on the target “Kings Canyon” (shown in the accompanying MAHLI image) didn’t give us the full range of data we need to move forward with the full drilling process.science.nasa.gov
Sols 4255-4256: Just Passing Through - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Wednesday, July 24, 2024 Happy Wednesday, terrestrials! We wrapped up our Mammoth Lakes drill campaign only three weeks ago and are already looking for our next drill site.science.nasa.gov
Sols 4257-4258: A Little Nudge on Kings Canyon - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Friday, July 26, 2024 Today’s 2-sol weekend plan is our first taste of a new location for a potential sampling campaign. We call today’s plan type: Drill Sol 1 – triage contact science.science.nasa.gov
Sols 4253-4254: Pit Stop for Contact Science - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Monday, July 22, 2024 Last week we wrapped up activities at Fairview Dome and started heading south towards our next potential drill location in the Upper Gediz Vallis ridge campaign.science.nasa.gov
Sols 4250-4252: So Many Rocks, So Little Time - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Friday, July 19, 2024 As usual with our weekend plans, we are packing a lot of science into today’s three-sol plan. I had the fun of planning a complex and large set of arm activities as the Arm Rover Planner today.science.nasa.gov
Sols 4248-4249: Lunch at Fairview Dome - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Wednesday, July 17, 2024 We started our day at an outcrop called “Fairview Dome,” a light-colored rock so big that it can easily be seen from orbit! We have had our eye on Fairview Dome since Curiosity descended into the Gediz Va…science.nasa.gov
Sols 4246-4247: Next Stop: Fairview Dome - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Monday, July 15, 2024 Summer is in full swing in the northern hemisphere here on Earth. Warmer temperatures and fair weather make for prime opportunities for road trips and enjoying the best of the outdoors.science.nasa.gov
Sols 4243-4245: Exploring Stubblefield Canyon - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Friday, July 12, 2024 Curiosity, now heading uphill from the Mammoth Lakes drill site, has focused on a very interesting exposure of conglomerate rocks, consisting of pebbles cemented together by a fine-grained matrix material.science.nasa.gov
Sols 4241–4242: We Can’t Go Around It…We’ve Got To Go Through It! - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Wednesday, July 10, 2024 Curiosity is currently trekking across Gediz Vallis channel because, as my nephew’s favorite book says, if we can’t go around it… we’ve got to go through it! Recently we’ve been parked for a while on the …science.nasa.gov
Sols 4239-4240: 'Vuggin’ Out' - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Monday, July 8, 2024 And just like we planned, Curiosity successfully drove about 11 meters (about 36 feet) after a 27-sol drill campaign at Mammoth Lakes! Not so fast, though, these rocks are just too interesting to leave behind…science.nasa.gov
Sols 4236-4238: One More Time… for Contact Science at Mammoth Lakes - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Friday, July 5, 2024 Curiosity will drive away from the Mammoth Lakes drill location on the second sol of this three-sol weekend plan, but before she does, the team will take the opportunity for one last chance at contact science…science.nasa.gov
Sols 4234-4235: And That’s (Nearly) a Wrap on Mammoth Lakes! - NASA Science
Earth Planning Date: Wednesday, July 3, 2024 We received the data from our SAM analysis of the Mammoth Lakes sample late Monday afternoon.science.nasa.gov
Sols 4232-4233: Going For a Ride, Anyone? - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Monday, July 1, 2024 Have you ever wondered what it might look like to ride along with the rover? Probably not as much as we have here on the planning team, where we are looking at the images on a daily basis.science.nasa.gov
Sols 4229-4231: More Analyses of the Mammoth Lakes 2 Sample! - NASA Science
Earth Planning Date: Friday, June 28, 2024 After reviewing results from the Evolved Gas Analysis (EGA) experiment that were downlinked yesterday afternoon (Sols 4226-4228: A Powerful Balancing Act), the SAM team decided they’d like to go ahead with a…science.nasa.gov
Sols 4226-4228: A Powerful Balancing Act - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Tuesday, June 25, 2024 As documented in a previous blog last week, we continue to juggle power constraints as we focus on analyzing our newest drilled sample on Mars: “Mammoth Lakes 2.science.nasa.gov
Interesting Rock Textures Galore at Bright Angel - NASA Science
Upon the rover’s arrival at Bright Angel, it was so exciting to see all the interesting features in the rocks of this interval! In particular, these rocks contain an abundance of veins and nodules.science.nasa.gov
Sol 4225: Sliding Down Horsetail Falls - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Monday, June 24, 2024 This will be an important week for chemistry on our latest drill sample “Mammoth Lakes 2.science.nasa.gov
Sols 4222-4224: A Particularly Prickly Power Puzzle - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Friday, June 21, 2024 All our patient waiting has been rewarded, as we were greeted with the news that our drill attempt of “Mammoth Lakes 2” was successful! You can see the drill hole in the image above, as well as the first pla…science.nasa.gov
A Bright New Abrasion - NASA Science
Last week, Perseverance arrived at the long-awaited site of Bright Angel, named for being a light-toned rock that stands out in orbital data.science.nasa.gov
Sols 4219-4221: It’s a Complex Morning… - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Monday, June 17, 2024 Who thought it was a good idea to select a name with the word ‘mammoth’ in it? Well, we don’t remember who did it, and if we did, we wouldn’t say anyways… but these rocks take ‘Mammoth Lakes’ and seem to tra…science.nasa.gov
Sols 4216-4218: Another 'Mammoth' Plan! - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Friday, June 14, 2024 At the start of this week, we did a preload test on the target “Mammoth Lakes,” the rightmost bright ellipse (DRT ellipse, so less dusty) on the workspace image above.science.nasa.gov
Perseverance Finds Popcorn on Planet Mars - NASA Science
After months of driving, Perseverance has finally arrived at ‘Bright Angel’, discovering oddly textured rock unlike any the rover has seen before.science.nasa.gov
Sols 4216-4218: Another 'Mammoth' Plan! - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Friday, June 14, 2024 At the start of this week, we did a preload test on the target “Mammoth Lakes,” the rightmost bright ellipse (DRT ellipse, so less dusty) on the workspace image above.science.nasa.gov
Sols 4214–4215: The Best Laid Plans... - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Wednesday, June 12, 2024 Planning today was defined by the decision about whether or not to drill at “Mammoth Lakes,” the potential drill target that we selected on Monday.science.nasa.gov
Bright Rocks and “Bright Angel” - NASA Science
Last week the Perseverance rover descended into Neretva Vallis, an ancient river channel that brought water into Jezero Crater billions of years ago.science.nasa.gov
Sols 4209-4211: Just Out of Reach - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Friday, June 7, 2024 Curiosity is going to have a busy 3-sol weekend. We have one more sol of intense contact science activities at this really beautiful and fascinating location before moving on.science.nasa.gov
Sols 4207-4208: A Taste of Rocky Road - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Wednesday June 5, 2024 Curiosity was still at the ice cream shop for planning today, with the delicious feast of rock flavours still at arm’s reach and begging to be sampled.science.nasa.gov
Carving Into Carbonates at Old Faithful Geyser - NASA Science
This past week on Mars, Perseverance made a pit stop near Overlook Mountain to abrade a rock called Old Faithful Geyser.science.nasa.gov
Sols 4205-4206: Curiosity Would Like One of Each, Please! - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Monday, June 3, 2024 You know that feeling at the ice cream shop when you’re presented with so many tantalizing options and you have to narrow it down to just a few to taste test, and then you have to strategize how to fit all th…science.nasa.gov
Sols 4202-4204: Sticking Around - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Friday, May 31, 2024 Our most recent drive delivered us, as planned, right alongside ‘Whitebark Pass.science.nasa.gov
Sols 4199-4201: Driving Through a Puzzle - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Tuesday, May 28, 2024 For the last several months, Curiosity has been steadily climbing through the bedrock layers of the upper sulfate unit.science.nasa.gov
Sols 4195-4198: Feels Like Summer - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Friday, May 24, 2024 The first sol of this weekend includes an extremely long, 6-hour DAN activity to measure the amount of hydrogen near the surface, in parallel with a standard midday remote science block including: ChemCam LIB…science.nasa.gov
Sols 4193-4194: Stay Overnight? No, Touch-and-Go! - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Wednesday, May 22, 2024 One of the biggest challenges that comes with operating a rover on another planet is that we don’t always know exactly what we’re going to have in front of us when we park after driving.science.nasa.gov