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12 May 2018
Sols 2049-2051: Onward and northward
Curiosity is currently investigating the Blunts Point member of the Murray formation, and searching for a suitable location to drill in the near future.
11 May 2018
Sol 2048: Successful Bump
I was happy to see that the bump we originally planned for Sol 2046 completed successfully on Sol 2047, placing the rover in a good position for contact science on a couple of bright blocks in front of the rover
9 May 2018
Sol 2047: Bump Take 2
In Curiosity-speak, a ‘bump’ is a short drive the rover performs to better position itself for a particular science investigation (often contact science with the rover’s arm). Yestersol‘s plan intended to include such a bump…
8 May 2018
Sol 2046: The best laid plans…
When the team woke up this morning and first saw the workspace in front of the rover, everyone was happy and eager to get to work!
7 May 2018
Sol 2045: Purple Coleraine, Purple Coleraine
…since we’re currently using names from Prince’s home state of Minnesota, why not two purple ones: ‘Coleraine’, a purple-hued rock in the work area and ‘Soudan,’ a specular purple rock next to Coleraine.
4 May 2018
Sol 2041: mmmmmm….science
Curiosity continued her journey off of the ‘Vera Rubin Ridge,’ driving west along the ridge flank toward a passable route down to the bedrock north of the ridge. Her stop today may have been brief, but it was ehhhhhhxcellent.
3 May 2018
Sol 2040: Go West, Young Rover
Our drive from Sol 2039 was successful, and the plan for sol 2040 is to continue driving to the west…
30 April 2018
Sol 2039: All eyes on "Red Cliff"
Following some fantastic preliminary imaging from yestersol, today’s plan (Sol 2039) is dedicated to additional imaging of ‘Red Cliff’ before continuing to drive toward a location where we think we are likely to drill.
29 April 2018
Sols 2036-2037: Down the ridge she comes
Curiosity continues to pick her way downhill off the ‘Vera Rubin Ridge’ and onto the Murray formation rocks below.
Sol 2038: Enjoying the views
A successful drive in the weekend plan set Curiosity up nicely for a full sol of contact and remote science. The main priority during planning today was to image the outcrop we’ve called ‘Red Cliff,’ a beautiful vertical cliff face seen in the mid-field of the Navcam image above.
