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Curiosity Blog | Sols 3326-3327: Backing Away From the Cliff

Curiosity Blog | Sols 3326-3327: Backing Away From the Cliff

As we continue exploring Maria Gordon notch, we are planning a touch and go with lots of remote sensing activities between the "touch" and the "go."

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Curiosity Blog | Sols 3316-3318: "Gifts From Above"

Curiosity Blog | Sols 3316-3318: "Gifts From Above"

Curiosity is continuing to investigate a juicy workspace full of a variety of boulders, and one team member described these as "gifts from above"...

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Curiosity Blog: Sols 3309-3311: There's Always Room for Seconds

Curiosity Blog: Sols 3309-3311: There's Always Room for Seconds

As we head into a long weekend for the Thanksgiving holiday in the US, Curiosity will take advantage of some extra time at the Zechstein drill...

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Curiosity Blog | Sol 3286: Drill Sol Zero!

Curiosity Blog | Sol 3286: Drill Sol Zero!

The Sol 3285 drive went well and MSL has a good view of nearby outcrops, so the science team had a lot of potential drill and contact science targets...

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Tour of Water in the Solar System

Tour of Water in the Solar System

Happy Earth Week! This year, the theme for Earth Week is Water. Let’s take a tour of the solar system and see where else water exists, and why it’s so...

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A Virtual Field-trip Guide to S P Mountain Just Released by Astrogeology Science Center!

A Virtual Field-trip Guide to S P Mountain Just Released by Astrogeology Science Center!

If you are interested in volcanology,  you should check out our newly-released virtual S P Mountain Field Guide. S P Mountain is a textbook example of...

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Curiosity Blog | Sols 3248-3250: Curiosity Crushed It!

Curiosity Blog | Sols 3248-3250: Curiosity Crushed It!

Written by Kenneth Herkenhoff, Research Geologist at USGS Astrogeology Science Center.

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Liftoff of Landsat 9: The Next Earth Watcher

Liftoff of Landsat 9: The Next Earth Watcher

Is watching the launch of a Landsat satellite on your bucket-list of things to do? If so, NASA has invited the public to be a virtual guest at the...

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Astrogeology has eyes on Mars through Mastcam-Z on Perseverance Rover

Astrogeology has eyes on Mars through Mastcam-Z on Perseverance Rover

Astrogeology has eyes on Mars through Mastcam-Z on Perseverance Rover. The Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover arrived on Mars' surface in February 2021...

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Curiosity Blog | Sol 3219-3220: Almost There

Curiosity Blog | Sol 3219-3220: Almost There

If all goes according to today’s plan, we should end up about 7 meters from our next drill location. We’ve noticed a change in the texture of the...

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Remembering Carolyn S. Shoemaker (1929–2021)

Remembering Carolyn S. Shoemaker (1929–2021)

The USGS Astrogeology family is grieving the loss of Carolyn Shoemaker, who died on August 13 at the age of 92. Shoemaker was a world-renowned...

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The 5th Planetary Data Workshop and 2nd Planetary Science Informatics & Data Analytics Meeting Was A Huge Success: Information Now Publicly Available

The 5th Planetary Data Workshop and 2nd Planetary Science Informatics & Data Analytics Meeting Was A Huge Success: Information Now Publicly Available

Great news! All presentations from the 2021 Planetary Data Workshop and Planetary Science Informatics & Data Analytics meeting are now available to...

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