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  • Landing

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 6, 2012  Its down – Landed ! The first images are already being sent back via Odyssey.  They are Hazcam images, showing a shadow cast by Curiosity on the Gale surface.

  • Saturday 5th August Landing Sequence

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 6, 2012 Nominal tones received from MSL. Target location estimated 230 m from centre of ellipse in current trajectory. 10.25 pm Atmospheric entry has occurred.  Now 7 minutes to go. Getting very quiet in the room.

  • Saturday 5th August Landing Sequence

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 6, 2012 10.15 pm. Cruise stage separation successful. Spin down of the aeroshell successful. Nominal ‘heartbeat’ tones from Curiosity. 5.4 km/s and speeding up 6 minutes from atmospheric entry.

  • Sol 0 Monday 6th August

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 6, 2012 The next data relay via Mars Odyssey is at 12.30 am PDT (add 8 hours for BST). We will start the process of checking the instruments.

  • Sol 1 First Image of Mt. Sharp

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 7, 2012 First Image of the 5.5 km high Mt. Sharp (HazCam), the ultimate target of Curiosity. Two of the Curiosity 50 cm diameter wheels are visible in the foreground.

  • 9th September 2016 Sol 1455

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 9, 2016 We are heading toward a new drill site at the base of one the the buttes.  These are the landforms that dominate the landscape at this point in the traverse – The Murray Buttes.

  • 13th December 2016 Sol 1548

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on December 13, 2016 The Precipice drilling campaign has been curtailed because of a drill fault. The MSL rover engineers have been conducting a series of diagnostic tests to determine the cause and to prevent it happening again.

  • 13th November 2015 Sol 1164

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on November 13, 2015 We are nearing the next major phase of the mission – the Bagnold Dunes campaign.

  • 6th July 2016 Sol 1392

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on July 6, 2016 No current  photos because MSL has gone into safe mode for the last few days due to a software glitch. That means we wont get images or much data back for a few days.

  • 21st January 2015 Sol 875

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on January 21, 2015 The MSL science operations have stood down for a few days whilst a software upgrade goes ahead.  Soon we will recommence the drilling campaign.

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