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21 March 2018
Sol 2000: Roving for 2000 Martian Days
Today marks a milestone for Curiosity. Our trusty Martian rover has spent 2000 sols exploring Gale Crater helping to unravel the geologic history preserved in the rocks.
20 March 2018
Sol 1999: Party like it’s (Sol) 1999
Curiosity is but 1 sol away from a major mission milestone, but work always comes before celebrations.
18 March 2018
Sol 1998: Checking out the scenery
Today we planned for Sol 1998, which was mostly devoted to remote science observations as we drive along the Vera Rubin Ridge to our next area of interest.
17 March 2018
Sols 1995-1997: Under Durness
The science team gave Curiosity a workout in this plan, using just about every watt of power available to carry out a full slate of activities.
12 March 2018
Sol 1991-1992: Taking our time for science
After a successful weekend plan, the Curiosity team decided that for the sol 1991-1992 plan, we would trade a longer-distance drive in favor of some ‘touch and go’ contact science.
Sol 1988-1990: Stop and Smell the Argon
We found out this morning that in the Sol 1986 plan, Curiosity’s ChemCam was marked as ‘sick’ and did not run its sequences. But on the bright side, it’s a repeat of a minor issue that we’ve seen before, and so ChemCam will be back in action in today’s 3-sol plan.
11 March 2018
Sol 1986: Clear Vistas On Mars
Seasons make a big difference for Mars vistas…The atmosphere around the globe is the clearest in southern winter.
7 March 2018
Sol 1985: How Hard is a Rock?
Last week when the first Vera Rubin Ridge drill-hole attempts turned out to be too shallow at ‘Lake Orcadie’, discussion in the team turned to the question of, ‘How hard is that rock?
5 March 2018
Sol 1984: Searching for Softer Pastures
Vera Rubin Ridge is as hard as a rock! After two drilling attempts, Curiosity’s drill was not able to dig into the bedrock sufficiently to collect a sample of rock at this location.
3 March 2018
Sols 1981-1983: Second sample acquisition attempt
ll of the data returned from Curiosity for the second drill target, called ‘Lake Orcadie 2,’ support the decision to attempt to acquire sample at that location using feed-extended drilling.
