Laser marking on Mars
If your name begins with "L" you will like this post about the first letter to be laser engraved on ...
Tag: Curiosity
When Mars throws you a curveball Sol 3539-3540
The rover has been making its way along the "Bolivar" ridge, dodging small boulders and rocks that have apparently eroded ...
A chip off the old block: Sols 3534-3536
We have been making our way to a large boulder "Ilha Nova Destino" (which from the distance looks remarkably like ...
A Rover-Sized Boulder Sols 3532-3533
Curiosity is back on the road, but some interesting boulders caught our attention and led to a short detour. The ...
Moving Right Along – Sol 3531
Since we finished up with our "Avanavero" drill activities yesterday, we're officially back on the Martian road to the layered ...
Everyone gets to savour the Avanavero flavours: Sols 3528-3529
Both the CheMin and SAM instruments have dined on the Avanavero drill samples and have decided their appetites are sated. ...
A Plan Fit for a Rover Sols 3525-3527
Tosol's plan included a little bit of everything, with more than four hours of remote science spread over three sols. ...
Eyeing Kukenan – Sols 3519-3524
Curiosity is continuing to proceed through our pre-planned checklist of activities that we've made for drill campaigns. The team is ...
Digging into our new drill hole: Sols 3517-3518
After a successful drilling of Avanavero, the team is ready to dig even deeper into our investigation of this new ...
NASA Experiment Suggests Need to Dig Deep for Evidence of Life on Mars
According to a new NASA laboratory experiment, rovers may have to dig about 6.6 feet (two meters) or more under ...