MSL Route Map Options

[Phil Stooke]

Sol 1478, with a few corrected positions leading up to it.

Phil

[Phil Stooke]

A small move on sol 1751, and I think we will have a fairly clear path to the base of the ridge from here.

Phil

[Phil Stooke]

Sol 1752 - a 10 m drive to the east.

Phil

[Phil Stooke]

I'm updating to sol 1754 today with two maps. A third is in the works with details near the last sand scuff.

Phil

[nogal]

This update to the "The Martian Way" includes:
- Route update to sol 1759 (last move on sol 1754), with the 17km flag
- Three new quadrants that Curiosity will be traversing while exploring the Vera Rubin ridge (names, anyone?)
- Several changes to the Mars clock - The clock automatically opens when loading the KMZ, but can be called at any time from the left side bar:
-- The displayed time has changed from the MLST (Mean Local Solar Time) at Bradbury Landing to MLST at Curiosity's current position. There is a difference of a few seconds between the two.
-- The main painel now also displays Curiosity current location's coordinates (latitude, longitude)
-- The text in the information panel - accessible by clicking the twistie at the bottom - has been revised.
Fernando

 The_Martian_Way_MSL_Curiosity_Sol_1754_2017JUL18.kmz ( 594.82K ) Number of downloads: 315

[nogal]

The MSL route map from NASA/JPL press release Mid-2017 Map of NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover Mission encompasses the whole of Curiosity's route since landing plus the path through the light-toned ridge layer (a.k.a. Vera Rubin Ridge), phyllosilicates and sulfate units, and the climb to Marker Bed (names taken from the May 17, 2011, notional route).

The future route path looks quite exciting and is significantly different from the previous (October 3, 2016) notional route, mainly in the "excursions" on the hematite and phyllosilicates terrains, and a totally new climb through previously not visited terrains. The MSL Planned Routes KML document was updated accordingly.

 MSL_Planned_Routes_2017JUL11.kmz ( 181.92K ) Number of downloads: 306

This new path is about 7.68 Km long and climbs through some 400 m, as illustrated by the image.


Fernando

[Sean]

Wow... this is new to me!

The original notional route seemed ambitious/dangerous after 'visiting' in VR...it was steep & sandy.

OK, now where are my goggles...

[Phil Stooke]

Murray Buttes map as requested. This includes names from the Analyst's Notebook in PDS including M-designations for the buttes. A few numbers are missing (M3, etc.).

Phil

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[Phil Stooke]

Back in the saddle again! Here we are after a drive on sol 1781.

Phil

[Phil Stooke]

Another shortish drive on sol 1782.

Phil

[Phil Stooke]

This is the location after the sol 1785 drive.

Phil

[Phil Stooke]

Sol 1786. This drive was supposed to be longer and must have been cut short, probably by excessive tilt or traction issues.

Phil

[Phil Stooke]

A couple of sols of updates today, maneuvering around obstacles.

Phil

[nogal]

Here is the update to sol 1788. It took a little longer, as explaned in another thread.
The update includes data from PDS Release 15, covering sols 0 to 1689.
Fernando
 The_Martian_Way_MSL_Curiosity_Sol_1788_2017AUG17.kmz ( 593.24K ) Number of downloads: 247

[Phil Stooke]

Zooming in a bit as we cross the last bit of Murray Formation and head for the ridge. This includes the sol 1789 drive. (EDIT: replaced map with an updated version)

Phil