[Unfortunately I can no more work on it till 2018-11-25 10:00 GMT, maybe you've best luck?
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Thank you so much for sharing. I'm afraid I won't be able to work on them until mid week...
Cheers

Fernando

Here it is, quick and dirty, using Phoenix's EDL data (rotated and re-centered). You have to play with the slider controls to see the full path. Maybe I'll polish it latter but right now it is way past my shuteye time. Cheers

Fernando

 InSight_EDL_Sim.kmz ( 11.12K ) Number of downloads: 341

For the Google Mars community, here is a KMZ file with InSight's landing ellipse.

Unfortunately, Google Mars does not have any CTX registered for this area, so I suggest going to GE's left panel and in the Layers section, select under Global Maps the Daytime Infrared. This is the base map appearing, for instance, in landing ellipse image contained in the press kit.

To install the file, download it to your favorite location and double click it. This should startup Google Earth, if not already opened, and initiate a switch to Google Mars (a pop-up will display). The globe should automatically rotate and position itself over the ellipse area. Acknowledgements, credits, and a short explanation are available on the file's help panel. To get to the panel select the file's name on GE's Places panel.

The ellipse is approximated by a 180-sided polygon. I'd welcome information on any errors that may exist.
Fernando
 InSight.kmz ( 4.74K ) Number of downloads: 274

BepiColombo continues to fare well. The magnetometer boom deployed correctly, as seen in this animated gif, and first measurements of the local magnetic field have been made.
Fernando

Dated Oct 25th, here is an update from Mars Express which includes an explanation of the cloud.

Mars Express keeps an eye on curious cloud


Fernando

While working on classifying subsets of CTX images on the PlanetFour:Terrains and PlanetFour:Ridges projects on Zooniverse, I often need to visualize the full CTX or search for nearby CTX or HiRISE images.

That used to be easy using the image explorer from ASU. Having loaded the reference CTX with the image explorer, I just clicked the "View this image in context on an interactive map" button. Sadly this capability seems to no longer be working for CTX and HiRISE images, despite still being available for THEMIS.

Does anyone know what happened or how to bypass an eventual problem? Thanks
Fernando
Update: the capability has been restored. Thanks are due to those making it happen!

Congratulations Seán! And many thanks for taking this topic.
I posted pointers to the video on the Zooniverse PlatetFour:Ridges project's chat.
I expect volunteers to be ecstatic, as I am. It is so much nicer to see them with perspective!
Fernando

It does, and does rotate faster near the equator than at the poles. Speed can be estimated from sun spot motion. See, for instance this wikipedia article on "Solar rotation"
Thank you for all your contributions to this forum.
Fernando

Update to sol 2174 (sol 2166 location).
Fernando
 The_Martian_Way_MSL_Curiosity_Sol_2166_2018SEP17.kmz ( 642.13K ) Number of downloads: 328

Update to sol 2157.
Fernando
 The_Martian_Way_MSL_Curiosity_Sol_2157_2018SEP01.kmz ( 641.48K ) Number of downloads: 312

This update includes the location data from PDS Release 18. The path data for sols 0-2034 has been reviewed and updated as well as Analyst's Notebook data for sols 1-2003.
Update to sol 2132 (sol 2144), including the 6th landing anniversary flag.Fernando

 The_Martian_Way_MSL_Curiosity_Sol_2132_2018AUG17.kmz ( 639.72K ) Number of downloads: 253

Working on the new PDS data for the next update which, most probably, will be around August 15.
Meanwhile Curiosity will celebrate its 6th landing anniversary!
Fernando

Mars Science Laboratory Release 18

The NASA Planetary Data System announces the 18th release of data from
the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission, covering data acquired from
Sol 1870 through Sol 2003 (November 8, 2017, to March 26, 2018).

This release consists of raw and derived data sets from the following
instruments:
Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer (APXS)
Chemistry & Micro-Imaging (ChemCam)
Chemistry and Mineralogy (CheMin)
Dynamic Albedo of Neutrons (DAN)
Hazard Avoidance Cameras (Hazcam)
Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI)
Mars Descent Imager (MARDI)
Mast-mounted Cameras (Mastcam)
Navigation Cameras (Navcam)
Position Localization and Attitude Correction Estimate Storage (PLACES)
Radiation Assessment Detector (RAD)
Rover Environmental Monitoring Station (REMS)
Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM)
Spacecraft, Planet, Instrument, Pointing C-Matrix, and Event kernels (SPICE)

To access the above data, please visit the following link:
https://pds.nasa.gov/datasearch/subscriptio...-20180801.shtml

Links to all MSL data sets may be found on the PDS Geosciences Node web
site http://pds-geosciences.wustl.edu/missions/msl/. The data may also
be reached from the main PDS home page, https://pds.nasa.gov/. MSL data
are archived at the PDS Atmospheres, Planetary Plasma Interactions
(PPI), Geosciences, Imaging, and Navigation and Ancillary Information
Facility (NAIF) Nodes.

PDS offers two services for searching the MSL archives:
The Planetary Image Atlas at the Imaging Node allows selection of MSL
image data by specific search criteria.
http://pds-imaging.jpl.nasa.gov/search/

The MSL Analyst's Notebook at the Geosciences Node allows searching and
downloading of all MSL data in the context of mission events.
http://an.rsl.wustl.edu/msl

The PDS Team

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

After a long drive of about 75m on sol 2126, Curiosity is near the sol 2102 location.
Fernando

The HiRISE image ESP_037703_1560 partially overlaps the area and further extends it eastward.
The proposed location is centered at pixel 7982x,30528y. Illumination seems to be more favorable (as compared with PSP_003894_1560).
Again, I could not locate anything looking like a parachute.
Fernando

Update to sol 2123 (sol 2120 location), with the latest names from Phil (thanks!)
Fernando
 The_Martian_Way_MSL_Curiosity_Sol_2120_2018JUL28.kmz ( 641.28K ) Number of downloads: 245

I was interested in the article linked to by Hungry4info and having read the English translation (courtesy of Chrome) concluded it gives no information to the candidate location (other than the image). So I set out to find it using HiView. My coordinates for the candidate location: center at pixel 24175x,37145y which is towards to bottom right corner of the image.
Here is a screen shot of the area, from HiView, superimposed with the article's image, for comparison. By the way, the location seems to have the configuration predicted by the impact simulations as shown in the article's videos.

The article does not point to any other items, such as the parachute. I searched the web for information but could not find for sure if the parachute was attached to a back shell (that might have acted as a sort of anchor). If not, as the image appearing in the Mars 6 Wikipedia article seems to show, the parachute could have been blown by the wind a considerable distance. The wind direction seems to be, predominantly, from the lower left to the upper right. I made a shot of an area about 800x800m (about 3200x3200 px) centered on the candidate and there is nothing that catches my untrained eye.

If I find something further I'll post it here. Cheers
Fernando

And here is the new location on sol 2119, about 3.6m from the sol 1999 one.
Curiosity looks ready to try drilling again.
Fernando

Meanwhile, here is the route update with sol 2116's long drive (about 44m) that took Curiosity to within 14m of the sol 1999 location, but without new names.
Those will be added when Phil returns!
Fernando
 The_Martian_Way_MSL_Curiosity_Sol_2116_2018JUL20.kmz ( 640.36K ) Number of downloads: 265

Update to sol 2108 with the new 12mile flag and lots of names - thanks Phil!
Fernando
 The_Martian_Way_MSL_Curiosity_Sol_2108_2018JUL15.kmz ( 639.1K ) Number of downloads: 262

Great work Sean!
Update to sol 1202. Curiosity is now well inside Torridon.
Fernando
 The_Martian_Way_MSL_Curiosity_Sol_2102_2018JUL06.kmz ( 636.53K ) Number of downloads: 203

Update to sol 2095. Curiosity made good progress moving uphill.
Fernando
 The_Martian_Way_MSL_Curiosity_Sol_2095_2018JUN29.kmz ( 635.44K ) Number of downloads: 224

Great work, as always! And the DD track is clearly visible, whereas Mount Sharp has almost disappeared in the dust...
Fernando

Update to sol 2089. Looks like that Curiosity found the route up the cliff a bit to difficult and turned and tried another path.
Fernando
 The_Martian_Way_MSL_Curiosity_Sol_2089_2018JUN23.kmz ( 632.94K ) Number of downloads: 220

Update to sol 2053. Studying Duluth
Fernando
 The_Martian_Way_MSL_Curiosity_Sol_2053_2018MAY19.kmz ( 631.74K ) Number of downloads: 302