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Curiosity Blog | Sols 3119-3121: A full weekend plan

Curiosity Blog | Sols 3119-3121: A full weekend plan

There is lots of bedrock in the arm workspace in front of the rover and contact science targets were quickly selected this morning. 

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Curiosity Blog | Sols 3117-3118: An Abundance of Diagenetic

Curiosity Blog | Sols 3117-3118: An Abundance of Diagenetic

Today Curiosity is finishing up at a stop designed to investigate diagenetic features—features that formed after the sediment first was deposited—such...

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Working on Mars Time

Working on Mars Time

Have you ever wondered what it's like to participate in a rover mission? Read more below!

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Curiosity Blog | Sol 3090-3091: No MAHLI Today

Curiosity Blog | Sol 3090-3091: No MAHLI Today

The Sol 3088 drive went well, and there is lots of bedrock in the arm workspace.

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Curiosity Blog | Sol 3088-3089: A Beautiful View from the Top of 'Mont Mercou'

Curiosity Blog | Sol 3088-3089: A Beautiful View from the Top of 'Mont Mercou'

I was on shift as SOWG Chair today, and it was a fun and a straightforward day of planning!

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Curiosity Blog | Sols 3078-3080: A Sandy Stop Near ‘Mont Mercou’

Curiosity Blog | Sols 3078-3080: A Sandy Stop Near ‘Mont Mercou’

Curiosity is continuing to make her way around ‘Mont Mercou’ to capture as many angles as possible of the 7-m-tall sedimentary outcrop.

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Curiosity Blog | Sol 3067: Super-resolution and another SAM analysis

Curiosity Blog | Sol 3067: Super-resolution and another SAM analysis

Curiosity is still parked in front of the magnificent Mont Mercou cliff face as we continue to work through analyses of the Nontron drill site.  Over...

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USGS Scientists present new research at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference

USGS Scientists present new research at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference

New discoveries and data analyses are only part of the science process. Once a scientist has their results and conclusions, they must share their...

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Curiosity Blog | Sols 3054-3055: Ready to Drill

Curiosity Blog | Sols 3054-3055: Ready to Drill

Curiosity is ready to go ahead with the first drill of 2021!

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Curiosity Blog| Sols 3051-3053: In Your (Cliff) Face

Curiosity Blog| Sols 3051-3053: In Your (Cliff) Face

In planning today, the team decided to drive to a drill location closer to the cliff face of Mont Mercou. Before we do that, Mastcam will take a...

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Curiosity Blog | Sols 3047-3048: Touch, remote sensing, and go!

Curiosity Blog | Sols 3047-3048: Touch, remote sensing, and go!

This two-sol plan includes arm, remote sensing and mobility activities on Sol 3047 and more remote sensing on Sol 3048. 

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Curiosity Blog | Sols 3044-3046: Lots of dark sand

Curiosity Blog | Sols 3044-3046: Lots of dark sand

The Sol 3044 drive brought MSL to an area (pictured below) mostly covered by dark sand, with very few exposed rocks in the arm workspace.  So, one of...

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