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15 November 2017
Sol 1875-1876: Sitting on the Boundary
What makes this day a bit different than other days is that Curiosity is sitting right on the boundary between two geologic units observed from orbit.
12 November 2017
Sols 1872-1875: A Fashionably Late Data Downlink
Because the alignment of a Mars sol versus an Earth day is constantly changing, we sometimes start our planning day a couple hours earlier or later than normal.
7 November 2017
Sol 1870-1871: Back in the groove
Above is a Navcam image of Curiosity’s location after a successful drive on Sol 1869. The shadows show the Robotic Arm (RA) and turret on the left, and the Remote Sensing Mast (RSM) to the lower right. I can’t help but think that Curiosity is giving us a ‘high-five’ for another stellar drive!
6 November 2017
Sols 1868-1869: Hello gorgeous
It was a good weekend on Mars. Curiosity spent the weekend exploring a beautiful outcrop of sedimentary rocks (shown in the above image) as part of our continued investigation of the middle and upper parts of Vera Rubin Ridge.
5 November 2017
Sol 1865: Back in the saddle again
Curiosity successfully got a move on from her inadvertent layover stop, which presented the science team with a new workspace, and a new view of the structures exposed in the ‘Vera Rubin Ridge.’
1 November 2017
Sol 1863: Planning to Drive Again
Curiosity will finally be back on the move. The rover made an unexpected stop of nearly two weeks in the current location due to several things ranging from failed uplinks to insufficient arm heating and a camera glitch.
30 October 2017
Sol 1861-1862: The Curse of Vera Rubin Ridge Strikes Again
We are starting to suspect that Vera Rubin Ridge might be cursed. After the challenges Curiosity faced last week, we were hoping for a successful weekend plan but alas, it was not to be.
29 October 2017
Sol 1858-1860: A Working Weekend
Despite setbacks, the Curiosity team is optimistic moving into the weekend, and has planned a really nice suite of observations.
28 October 2017
Sol 1856-1857: Take two (almost)!
After Monday’s communications hiccup (detailed here) that prevented us from uplinking our two-sol plan to Curiosity, today we’re hoping to redo most of what we had in Monday’s plan.
24 October 2017
Sol 1853-54: Space is Hard
Our exploration of space, and Gale Crater specifically, is enabled by incredible technology and amazing engineers and scientists. But, circumstances constantly remind us that space is hard.
