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Monday 27th August Sol 21
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Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 28, 2012 One of the types of images from the 17 MSL cameras that we are getting are from the ‘Cam’ bit of ChemCam.
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14th September 2013 Sol 393
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Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 14, 2013 We have reached Waypoint 1, our first stopoff point on the route to Mount Sharp. The Hazcam image shows Mt. Sharp in the distance and rock outcrop in the foreground.
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21st August 2014 Sol 726
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Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 21, 2014 As we were performing a minidrill – thats the smaller test hole prior to a large full drill hole – the prongs that keep the turret and drill steady slipped by a small amount..
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20th September 2016 Sol 1466
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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.
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14th August 2013 Sol 363
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Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 14, 2013 We have put a sample from the Cumberland drill hole into SAM for more isotopic measurements. The sample had been cached within the robotic arm’s turret.
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February 27th 2013 Sol 200
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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.
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24th September 2014 Sol 758
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Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 24, 2014 We are drilling at Pahrump (named after an old Shoshone, native American settlement in what is now Nevada).
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13th December 2015 Sol 1192
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Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on December 13, 2015 The image shows a MAHLI close up image of the Bagnold dunes sand. The first striking thing about the mm-size grains is how rounded they are.
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24th June 2016 Sol 1380
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Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on June 24, 2016 Here is the latest HiRISE image of Curiosity. It shows the rover on the Naukluft Plateau where we have been for the last few months.
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6th February 2017 Sol 1602
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Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on February 6, 2017 We have started the second part of the Bagnold Dunes campaign. This NavCam image shows Bagnold dunes in front of Ireson Hill. This first in the current dunes campaign is Called Mapleton.