Curiosity drove almost 23m on sol 3897 and is now very near the craters.



Fernando
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KML file update to sol 3894.

 The_Martian_Way_MSL_Curiosity_Sol_3894_2023JUL22.kmz ( 1.49MB ) Number of downloads: 54


Fernando
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With a drive of about 20m on sol 3894, Curiosity is now very close to the Jau cluster of craters.



Fernando
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Back to RORAIMA!
Curiosity has reached the outskirts of the crater field, after a westward drive of over 29m on sol 3892, and so has returned to the RORAIMA quadrangle.



Fernando
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Curiosity drove westward a little over 27m, on sol 3890. It now sits about 21m from the crater cluster, but I find it hard to discern the craters in the Mastcam images.



Fernando
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Here are some images of the site listed as prime (please see my previous post). I roughly superimposed part of the LROC image M1421908349L on Google Earth (Moon).


The over view with the LROC image outlined.

Just the LROC cropped area.


A closer look


The area around the targeted landing point.
Fernando

EDIT: Corrected the LROC image Id. Sorry for ay inconvenience.

Several interesting data can be found in ISRO's Chandrayaan 3 details page.

For instance, the prime landing site is given as "4 km x 2.4 km [centered on, presumably] 69.367621 S, 32.348126 E"
Fernando

KML file update to sol 3887. Includes the newest target names.

 The_Martian_Way_MSL_Curiosity_Sol_3887_2023JUL16.kmz ( 1.44MB ) Number of downloads: 54

Fernando
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On sol 3887 Curiosity drove approximately 14.5m towards the crater cluster.



Fernando
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A very short move on sol 3885, just 2.5m on a turn to the right.
The Mission Updates for sols 3882-3884 and 3885-3886 do not agree on a target name: "Skotari" or "Stokari"?
Perhaps we'll have to wait for the Notebook to settle it.



Note: My apologies for the misspelling above, it should have read "Skotani" or "Stokani". I will use Skotani because it is the name of a Greek village located in a mountainous area.

Fernando
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KML file update to sol 3880.

 The_Martian_Way_MSL_Curiosity_Sol_3880_2023JUL09.kmz ( 1.44MB ) Number of downloads: 57

Fernando
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Looks like the Curiosity team... is curious about the crater cluster.
After the difficulties in climbing the Starboard Ridge, Curiosity drove back (west) almost 45m on sol 3880 to go see them.
Driving by the cluster is featured on MSAR 10 (route in blue) as well as on the very first notional route (in white).



Fernando
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There was as short drive on sol 3878 during which wheel imaging took place. No new target names.



Fernando
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KML file update to sol 3873. Includes the newest target names.
This is the 4th of July weekend, so although Curiosity may be busy there won't be any news for a while, I suspect.

 The_Martian_Way_MSL_Curiosity_Sol_3873_2023JUL02.kmz ( 1.44MB ) Number of downloads: 65


Fernando
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On the second quarter of 2023 Curiosity drilled another hole (#38) and continued the route to Gediz Vallis.
Exiting the Marker Band Valley proved to quite challenging, promption route changes.

Here is a visualization of Curiosity's travels on the second quarter of 2023. In all images North is at the top.

The path for sols 3786 to 3874 (April 1st to June 30th, 2023):



The above in a wider context (since sol 2721, April 1st, 2020):



For the route summaries of previous quarters and their contexts please see:

• 1Q 2023 Post #1924
• 4Q 2022 Post #1873
• 3Q 2022 Post #1828
• 2Q 2022 Post #1779
• 1Q 2022 Post #1725
• 4Q 2021 Post #1634
• 3Q 2021 Post #1608 (includes mission-wide and Gale-crater-wide contexts).

Fernando
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Update to sol 3873. With a drive of slightly over 13m, Curiosity has finished its climb.



Fernando
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Update to sol 3871. Curiosity moved over 45m, completing the drive intended for the previous sol.



Fernando
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Belated update to sol 3870, a drive that did not go as far as planned.



Fernando
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Update of the KML file to sol 3867. Includes the new quadrangle name and new target names.
I won't be able to post any updates for the next few days.

 The_Martian_Way_MSL_Curiosity_Sol_3867_2023JUN23.kmz ( 1.44MB ) Number of downloads: 48

Fernando
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A drive on sol 3867, shorter than the ~40m that had been planned, per the Mission Updates.



Fernando
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And here is a flyby movie which also includes a reconstructed 3D view of a special interest area.
Link
Fernando

No hints but Curiosity drove about 17m on sol 3865 and is already on the new quad. And Mission Updates has a name for the hard to climb ridge.



Fernando
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Update to sol 3864. Good progress, 38+ m and 10 metres to the next quad!



Fernando
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Here is the first image (from yesterday, June 19) still inbound and 121000 Km away:



The horizontal stripe is an artifact. More images are promised for later today.

Fernando

And here is the Hole Collection (pretty soon the list won't fit on my screen!)



Fernando
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