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19 May 2018
Sol 2055: Drill Site Perspectives from a Duluth Native
I was excited to learn earlier this week that my native city was chosen as the name of the latest drill site on Mars!
16 May 2018
Planning Sol 2054: Duluth at our feet… er, wheels
Today we received only 1.6 MB (Megabytes) of data at the start of our planning day. This was just enough to tell us the drive executed successfully and the rover was healthy, but not enough to include any new images from our current spot.
15 May 2018
Sol 2053: Bump to "Duluth"
A successful drive on Sol 2052 brought Curiosity within bumping distance of what will likely be our next intended drill target. The science team named this target ‘Duluth.’
14 May 2018
Sol 2052: We’ve Been Here Before
We expected to start planning today examining a new location within arm’s reach (or a very short drive’s reach) of a possible location for our next drilling attempt, but instead found images like this.
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.
