Sols 3367-3368: The Prow to take another bow
The weekend plan included a short drive (or bump) to get us closer to one of the interesting, more resistant ...
Tag: Curiosity
Sols 3364-3366: Back at the Prow
On Wednesday we collected our first MAHLI images of the outcrops we've been studying the last few sols, and then ...
Sols 3362-3363: Sedimentologist's Delight
After a few sols of challenges that prevented us from getting close-up MAHLI imaging of this dark outcrop in front ...
Sol 3361: Keeping the Dog Leashed
Our initial plan was to conduct a MAHLI "dog's eye" imaging sequence on the beautiful Panari outcrop that we are ...
Sols 3357-3360: Edging Closer and Closer to Panari
We continue to document rocks similar to what we saw at "The Prow," a dark appearing rock outcrop with amazing ...
Newly discovered carbon may yield clues to ancient Mars
NASA's Curiosity rover landed on Mars on Aug. 6, 2012, and since then has roamed Gale Crater taking samples and ...
Curiosity measures intriguing carbon signature on Mars
After analyzing powdered rock samples collected from the surface of Mars by NASA's Curiosity rover, scientists have announced that several ...
Martian Meteorite's organic materials origin not biological
Organic molecules found in a meteorite that hurtled to Earth from Mars were synthesized during interactions between water and rocks ...
Sol 3354: Tantalizingly Out of Reach
Today Curiosity is doing a little bit of everything: some contact science, some targeted science, and a little driving. When ...
Sol 3350-3352: A Rock Under the Wheel
We are back into our planning routine after the Christmas break. In fact, this was the third plan in the ...