Sol 3676 Another: 'Bore-ing' Day on Mars
After yesterday's check-out, Curiosity is GO to attempt to make our 37th drill hole on Mars. The prior plan's DRT ...
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Analyzing the rhythmically layered bedrock above the marker band: Sols 3669-3670
Curiosity drove ~25 meters back toward the Marker Band from our detour to the Gediz Vallis Ridge and has returned ...
Back to the Marker Band – Sols 3667-3668
Still stuffed and feeling thankful our weekend plans were successful! This morning's downlink showed we had more power to play ...
Thanksgiving Plan Part Two – Sols 3665-3666
Thanksgiving plan part two would of course include all the traditional pleasures we know - if you are in the ...
An early start to a long weekend – Sols 3660-3664
On a usual week of Curiosity operations, Friday plans take the longest since they span the whole weekend. This rare ...
Try, Try Again: Sols 3655-3656
Yesterday we weren't able to use the arm and thus weren't able to do contact science, but a short drive ...
Gediz Vallis Ridge Rising: Sols 3650-3652
Curiosity is continuing to climb towards a Gediz Vallis ridge viewing spot, and we can already get a glimpse of ...
Mars Express sets data relay record
ESA's Mars Express spacecraft recently conducted tests in which it relayed data gathered by NASA's Perseverance rover back to Earth. ...
Losing the Rhythm – Sols 3648-3649
Curiosity was parked amongst beautiful, rhythmically layered bedrock in our previous workspace. The term rhythmic is used to describe fine ...
Can't Touch This: Sol 3640
We arrived at the spectacular workspace pictured above, but what made it spectacular - rocks - is what also made ...