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  • Mars Science Laboratory Blog

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on April 27, 2017 After 4.5 years, 16.2 km of driving and 1679 martian days (sols) the Curiosity Rover has reached the point here we are starting to leave the Bagnold dunes in Gale Crater.

  • 24th July 2017 Sol 1765 Solar Conjunction

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on July 24, 2017 No new photos from Mars Science laboratory. Why? We have reached Solar Conjunction – this is the time in the planets’ orbits when Mars is obscured from the Earth by the Sun.

  • Vere Rubin Ridge approach up slope

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on May 30, 2017 This Navigation camera image gives  feel for the slopes of Aeolis Mons that we are climbing now.  Daily drives often now ascend ~2 m and we have more battery recharging days.

  • 12th September 2017 Sol 1814 – Curiosity’s View Across Gale Crater

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 12, 2017 View from Vera Rubin Ridge   The Curiosity Rover has reached an elevation of 300 metres above our landing site.

  • 25th July 2013 Sol 344

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on July 25, 2013 This HiRISE image shows Curiosity at work at the Shaler outcrop in Yellowknife Bay. The tracks from Bradbury landing are also clearly visible.

  • 25th April 2014 Sol 611

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on April 25, 2014 Here is the chosen drill site – Windjana (named after a famous set of rocks in W. Australia which show ancient paintings).

  • 30th May 2015 Sol 1000

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on May 30, 2015 An MSL landmark day.  We have reached 1000 sols on Mars.

  • 8th October 2013 Sol 417

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on October 8, 2013 Our last drive was about 85 m away from  Waypoint 1 towards the SW.  As we progress one of the new ways we image the landscape is with the MAHLI microimager.

  • 18th March 2014 Sol 574

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on March 18, 2014 Quite a lot of the science team is at the 45th Lunar & Planetary Science Conference in Houston.

  • 18th June 2014 Sol 664

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on June 18, 2014 Today I am GeoSTL lead.  As we approach our first martian year we are concentrating on driving.  We recently managed 120 m in one sol.

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