Curiosity is about 12m from the Roraima quadrangle, after a nearly 22m drive on sol 3458.



Fernando
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The Martian Way files can also be downloaded from:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OJH...BbQ?usp=sharing

Included are "The Martian Way" KMZ file, User's Guide, and MSL Orbital map of Gale crater.

Another drive, of just under 10m, and Curiosity is exiting the Pediment's ramp.



Fernando
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The Martian Way files can also be downloaded from:

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Included are "The Martian Way" KMZ file, User's Guide, and MSL Orbital map of Gale crater.

Curiosity's location at the end of the drive (of about 37m) on sol 3454.



Fernando
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The Martian Way files can also be downloaded from:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OJH...BbQ?usp=sharing

Included are "The Martian Way" KMZ file, User's Guide, and MSL Orbital map of Gale crater.

Here is the KMZ update to sol 3449.

 The_Martian_Way_MSL_Curiosity_Sol_3449_2022APR24.kmz ( 1.36MB ) Number of downloads: 132

Fernando
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The Martian Way files can also be downloaded from:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OJH...BbQ?usp=sharing

Included are "The Martian Way" KMZ file, User's Guide, and MSL Orbital map of Gale crater.

Another drive of about 14m on sol 3449. Here is the full path of the current Greenheugh excursion.



Fernando
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The Martian Way files can also be downloaded from:

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Included are "The Martian Way" KMZ file, User's Guide, and MSL Orbital map of Gale crater.

Curiosity's location on sol 3447, after a drive of just under 3m, and a few new targets.



Fernando
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Included are "The Martian Way" KMZ file, User's Guide, and MSL Orbital map of Gale crater.

Update to sol 3444.

 The_Martian_Way_MSL_Curiosity_Sol_3444_2022APR16.kmz ( 1.36MB ) Number of downloads: 120

Fernando
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Included are "The Martian Way" KMZ file, User's Guide, and MSL Orbital map of Gale crater.

Sol 3444 update, with a drive of approximately 24m with a bit of zigzagging at the end.



Fernando
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Included are "The Martian Way" KMZ file, User's Guide, and MSL Orbital map of Gale crater.

Correcting the location of the "Feorachas" target.

The Mission Updates for sols 3442-3443 univocally identify the target "Feorachas". Previously, I had located it based on the information in Mission Updates for sols 3403-3404, in particular the word "monolith", which I misinterpreted to refer to the almost vertical dark stone further away (too much 2001!). Future updates will correctly locate "Feorachas".

Fernando



Images crefits: NASA/JPL-Caltech

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Included are "The Martian Way" KMZ file, User's Guide, and MSL Orbital map of Gale crater.

Location after the drive on sol 3440.



Fernando
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Included are "The Martian Way" KMZ file, User's Guide, and MSL Orbital map of Gale crater.

Update to sol 3437.

 The_Martian_Way_MSL_Curiosity_Sol_3437_2022APR11.kmz ( 1.36MB ) Number of downloads: 128

Fernando
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Included are "The Martian Way" KMZ file, User's Guide, and MSL Orbital map of Gale crater.

After a drive on sol 3436 and a "corrective" bump on sol 3437, Curiosity is near the on-ramp to the Pediment.



Fernando
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Included are "The Martian Way" KMZ file, User's Guide, and MSL Orbital map of Gale crater.

A new drive! Hopefully the difficulties of the past week have been solved. Curiosity traced back its recent path.


Fernando
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Included are "The Martian Way" KMZ file, User's Guide, and MSL Orbital map of Gale crater.

Update to sol 3430. A drive was planned for sol 3431 but I do not have any data so this update shows Curiosity at the sol 3424 location.

Several target names were added and an unintended bug, which resulted from an internal change and affected the Mars Clock's sol number of the "The_Martian_Way_MSL_Curiosity_Sol_3424_2022MAR26" file - and that file only, was corrected.

 The_Martian_Way_MSL_Curiosity_Sol_3430_2022APR02.kmz ( 1.4MB ) Number of downloads: 147

Fernando
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Included are "The Martian Way" KMZ file, User's Guide, and MSL Orbital map of Gale crater.

Here is a visualization of Curiosity's travels on the first quarter of 2022. In all images North is at the top.

The path for sols 3333 to 3428 (January 1st to March 31st, 2022) :



The above in a wider context (since January 8, 2018):



For the route summaries of previous quarters and their contexts please see:
- 4Q 2021 Post #1634
- 3Q 2021 Post #1608

Fernando
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Included are "The Martian Way" KMZ file, User's Guide, and MSL Orbital map of Gale crater.

Update to sol 3424.

Fresh data from PDS Release 29 has been added:- Route localization data for sols 0-3322
(the full path has been reviewed and updated)
- Analyst's Notebook data for sols 1-3289

 The_Martian_Way_MSL_Curiosity_Sol_3424_2022MAR26.kmz ( 1.4MB ) Number of downloads: 132


Fernando
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Included are "The Martian Way" KMZ file, User's Guide, and MSL Orbital map of Gale crater.

Curiosity drove again on sol 3424.



Fernando
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Included are "The Martian Way" KMZ file, User's Guide, and MSL Orbital map of Gale crater.

Curiosity drove about 20m on sol 3420.


Fernando
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Included are "The Martian Way" KMZ file, User's Guide, and MSL Orbital map of Gale crater.

Update to sol 3417.

 The_Martian_Way_MSL_Curiosity_Sol_3417_2022MAR20.kmz ( 1.39MB ) Number of downloads: 131

Fernando
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The Martian Way files can also be downloaded from:
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Included are "The Martian Way" KMZ file, User's Guide, and MSL Orbital map of Gale crater.

Another move on sol 3417.



Fernando
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The Martian Way files can also be downloaded from:
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Included are "The Martian Way" KMZ file, User's Guide, and MSL Orbital map of Gale crater.

Mars Science Laboratory Release 29

The NASA Planetary Data System announces Release 29 of data from the Mars Science Laboratory (Curiosity) mission. This release contains raw and derived data products covering the time period from July 30 through November 7, 2021 (sols 3193-3289). The data are archived at various PDS nodes:
APXS (Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer) at the Geosciences Node
ChemCam at the Geosciences Node
CheMin at the Geosciences Node
DAN at the Geosciences Node
Engineering Cameras at the Cartography and Imaging Sciences Node
MAHLI (Mars Hand Lens Imager) at the Cartography and Imaging Sciences Node
Mastcam at the Cartography and Imaging Sciences Node
PLACES Database at the Cartography and Imaging Sciences Node
RAD (Radiation Assessment Detector) at the PPI Node
REMS (Rover Environmental Monitoring Station) at the Atmospheres Node
SAM (Sample Analysis at Mars) at the Geosciences Node
SPICE at the NAIF Node

The data may be accessed from
https://pds-geosciences.wustl.edu/missions/msl/
or for a dataset-oriented perspective:
https://pds.nasa.gov/datasearch/subscriptio...-20220316.shtml

The next MSL release is scheduled for August 1, 2022.

The PDS Team
Mailto: pds_operator@jpl.nasa.gov
Phone: (818) 393-7165

A martian Excalibur?

Fernando

EDIT: Thanks Fredk (sigh!) Nothing like 3D vision!
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The Martian Way files can also be downloaded from:
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Included are "The Martian Way" KMZ file, User's Guide, and MSL Orbital map of Gale crater.

You're welcome! Sometimes it is not too difficult... The Analyst's Notebook is the definitive source.

Finally, on sol 3415, up on the washboard!



Fernando
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The Martian Way files can also be downloaded from:
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Included are "The Martian Way" KMZ file, User's Guide, and MSL Orbital map of Gale crater.

A drive of about 30m (0.2 mi) on sol 3413 took Curiosity past the 17mi mark.


Fernando
_____________________________________________________________________
The Martian Way files can also be downloaded from:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OJH...BbQ?usp=sharing
Included are "The Martian Way" KMZ file, User's Guide, and MSL Orbital map of Gale crater.

Update to sol 3411 but still at the sol 3406 location. Images from sols 3407-3411 do not show any drives.

 The_Martian_Way_MSL_Curiosity_Sol_3406_2022MAR12.kmz ( 1.34MB ) Number of downloads: 143

Fernando
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The Martian Way files can also be downloaded from:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OJH...BbQ?usp=sharing
Included are "The Martian Way" KMZ file, User's Guide, and MSL Orbital map of Gale crater.