MSL at Rocknest, First scoop samples - sols 57-101 |
MSL at Rocknest, First scoop samples - sols 57-101 |
 Oct 3 2012, 12:30 AM
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Curiosity has put more than 400 meters on the odometer and tosol (sol 56) she bumped up to a sand drift that we now know (via Twitter) is named Rocknest and will be the site of the first sample grab. In last week's press briefing, John Grotzinger warned that we will be here for "what seems like a very long time," 2-3 weeks. They will have to run several samples through the SA-SPaH (Sample Acquisition, Processing and Handling subsystem, pronounced "Saw-spa") and in particular CHIMRA (Collection and Handling for In situ Martian Rock Analysis, pronounced "chimera") in order to "clean" it of any remaining Earthly contamination with good Mars dirt before they deliver the first sample to SAM or Chemin. So this seems like a good place to start a new thread.
As usual, discuss stuff that happened through sol 56 in the previous thread. -------------------- My website - My Patreon - @elakdawalla on Twitter - Please support unmannedspaceflight.com by donating here.
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elakdawalla MSL at Rocknest Oct 3 2012, 12:30 AM
Zelenyikot Dust in color Nov 22 2012, 08:09 PM nprev Wow. What a radical change!!!
Than... Nov 22 2012, 08:10 PM Eyesonmars As Mt. Sharp disappears into the dust as seen from... Nov 22 2012, 08:56 PM Ant103 That's very good Zelen'
Maybe they will ... Nov 22 2012, 09:26 PM nprev None. Dust storms on Mars never approach the level... Nov 22 2012, 09:27 PM fredk If we do get a dust storm right over Gale, I think... Nov 22 2012, 09:35 PM Ant103 And just to remember : Viking 2 was not very exact... Nov 22 2012, 09:52 PM Zelenyikot There can be this series of photos consecutive sho... Nov 23 2012, 11:36 AM
AndyG It feels good, Zelenyikot - and I'd love to se... Nov 23 2012, 11:33 PM Zelenyikot Almost IMAX
(Sol 93) Nov 24 2012, 05:53 AM Zelenyikot Rocknest-3 anaglyph
large (2619x1464) Nov 29 2012, 02:27 AM iMPREPREX Here are Sols 88 and 89 GigaPanned:
http://gigapa... Nov 29 2012, 05:15 AM EdTruthan Nice Gigapan iMPREPREX. This is Z-axis-eye-candy f... Nov 29 2012, 07:27 PM Ant103 Fuzzy Sharp is fuzzy
Sol 100 Mastcam34 panoramic... Dec 24 2012, 01:45 AM stone The LPSC abstaracts are out and there is alot abou... Jan 31 2013, 10:04 PM Airbag Sol 67 pano from focus merged MAHLI images; just r... Feb 21 2013, 01:33 AM mhoward With respect, these images weren't just releas... Feb 21 2013, 01:46 AM Airbag Ah, you are correct - I had forgotten he was going... Feb 21 2013, 01:51 AM mhoward Appears I may have been mistaken: even more sol 67... Feb 22 2013, 03:33 PM Zelenyikot 681 megapixels Mars Curiosity panorama on Sols 107... Jul 3 2013, 12:04 AM wildespace Speaking of scenic MAHLI shots, here's a crop ... Jul 15 2013, 07:58 AM  |
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