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  • Wednesday 9th Jan. 2013 Sol 153

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on January 14, 2013 Another first for Curiosity’s instruments. We have deployed the brush (which is a rotating implement on the robotic arm) for the first time.

  • February 2nd 2013 Sol 176

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on February 2, 2013 The rover planners are testing the drill by touching 4 points around the chosen drill site and testing the drill action, but not with the full force that the final drill action will use.

  • February 4th 2013 Sol 178

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on February 4, 2013 Here is another Mahli image, of the first drilling hole at John Klein.  As we drill we learn more about the nature of the sedimentary material at Yellowknife Bay.

  • March 3rd 2013 Sol 206

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on March 5, 2013 No new data or images over the last few sols.

  • Friday 14th September Sol 38

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 14, 2012 The MastCam has finished imaging of different parts of the rover and we are driving again.  On our way to Glenelg we will stop to analyse a basaltic rock.

  • Monday 24th September Sol 48

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 24, 2012 Mankind versus Machine #3 We visit the Mars Yard in JPL where the Curiosity engineering model is tested over rocky terrains.

  • Wednesday 10th October Sol 64

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on October 11, 2012 The camera imaging, ChemCam analyses and scooping are continuing as the small plastic fragment identified to the side of the scoop area is not critical for the arm’s operation.

  • February 27th 2013 Sol 200

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on February 27, 2013 We now have material within Curiosity for the SAM mass spectrometer and the CheMin X-ray Diffraction.

  • 20th September 2016 Sol 1466

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 20, 2016 We have got down a new self portrait of Curiosity from MAHLI.  This shows the Murray Butte number 12 – where we have just been drilling – in the ChemCam mirror.

  • 21st December 2016 Sol 1556

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on December 21, 2016 I am Geo-Min Science theme lead for todays plan.  As usual after 4 years of operations we are doing 3 sols of planning at one go.

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