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MSL at Rocknest, First scoop samples - sols 57-101

elakdawalla View Member Profile	Oct 3 2012, 12:30 AM Post #401
Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 5172 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454	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 fredk, yeah, I just tried. This two consecutive sh... Nov 6 2012, 05:46 PM

empebe QUOTE (Zelenyikot @ Nov 6 2012, 06:46 PM)... Nov 12 2012, 12:20 AM

ronald Nice shadow reduction Zelenyikot - a part I somewh... Nov 6 2012, 07:44 PM

Zelenyikot Oh my ... I got it inverted This is better (79 ... Nov 6 2012, 08:00 PM

elakdawalla Sol 90 thumbnails show the SAM inlet ports. I real... Nov 6 2012, 08:04 PM

Reed QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Nov 6 2012, 12:04 PM... Nov 6 2012, 09:03 PM

djellison QUOTE (Reed @ Nov 6 2012, 01:03 PM) Maybe... Nov 6 2012, 09:56 PM

Reed The first run of Chemin was finished by sol 73: ht... Nov 6 2012, 11:03 PM

Hungry4info I was under the impression from a previous telecon... Nov 6 2012, 08:12 PM

elakdawalla ...and although I am complaining, I am not critici... Nov 6 2012, 11:31 PM

Zelenyikot It was funny. MR - sol 59 , ChemCam - sols 57, 77... Nov 7 2012, 04:28 AM

CosmicRocker Very interesting...These tapering vugs are apparen... Nov 7 2012, 05:39 AM

djellison First time use of two astonishingly complex lab in... Nov 7 2012, 06:54 AM

Zelenyikot Sol 90 Same stone. Seems rover moved. Nov 7 2012, 08:42 AM

fredk What makes you say she moved? There are no post-d... Nov 7 2012, 02:19 PM

mhoward She hasn't moved. The engineering rawids have ... Nov 7 2012, 02:31 PM

Zelenyikot Between sol 84 and sol 90 the angle of a view of ... Nov 7 2012, 02:56 PM

mhoward Doesn't even look like the same rock to me. I ... Nov 7 2012, 03:41 PM

Zelenyikot QUOTE (mhoward @ Nov 7 2012, 03:41 PM) Do... Nov 7 2012, 03:55 PM

fredk You can see how far she drove on sol 59 in Phil... Nov 7 2012, 08:22 PM

walfy Nice one from MAHLI, Sol 89, even more into the sa... Nov 8 2012, 08:12 AM

Zelenyikot QUOTE (fredk @ Nov 7 2012, 08:22 PM) It w... Nov 8 2012, 12:14 PM

Zelenyikot Wow, Melting? Colored Chem cam for sol 72 and 88 Nov 9 2012, 01:33 AM

fredk Way cooler than having your name etched on a micro... Nov 7 2012, 03:51 PM

Phil Stooke The limited activity recently is explained here: ... Nov 9 2012, 02:38 AM

ronald small 3x1 (maybe partial) Sol 87 pan: I did enhan... Nov 9 2012, 11:40 AM

Greenish QUOTE (ronald @ Nov 9 2012, 07:40 AM) sma... Nov 9 2012, 06:14 PM

Greenish And the MR image, in R312 (similar to MER 257) aga... Nov 9 2012, 06:36 PM

vikingmars Are there some stars visible in this picture ? htt... Nov 9 2012, 04:34 PM

fredk QUOTE (vikingmars @ Nov 9 2012, 05:34 PM)... Nov 9 2012, 05:46 PM

akuo No, since if you look at other images taken at aro... Nov 9 2012, 04:38 PM

elakdawalla Via Twitter, it seems that sol 92 would have been ... Nov 9 2012, 04:43 PM

Ant103 Yeah, there is no stars there, just hot pixels. I ... Nov 9 2012, 05:00 PM

Phil Stooke At last! Sol 93 and we got scoop 5. Phil ht... Nov 9 2012, 08:03 PM

Zelenyikot Yeeey We will drive soon Changes in the soil in... Nov 9 2012, 09:15 PM

jvandriel Sol 88-93 Some NLA images stitched together. Ja... Nov 11 2012, 12:44 PM

PDP8E The MastCam took an image of one of the scoop tren... Nov 11 2012, 07:29 PM

Phil Stooke It doesn't disappear, it appears! It fall... Nov 11 2012, 07:35 PM

PDP8E Phil, I was just about to edit my post (I was look... Nov 11 2012, 07:45 PM

elakdawalla This looks like the CheMin inlet port; do the SAM ... Nov 11 2012, 10:50 PM

Zelenyikot Yes, exactly Wind games? Changes sol 71-94 Nov 12 2012, 10:50 AM

elakdawalla Neat! I especially like the three parallel tra... Nov 12 2012, 04:41 PM

Eyesonmars Very interesting. I'm surprised the martian wi... Nov 12 2012, 06:16 PM

Zelenyikot The small slope there is: http://www.unmannedspace... Nov 12 2012, 07:19 PM

Phil Stooke Mars Odyssey is back in business after its compute... Nov 13 2012, 02:00 AM

ronald As far as I understand Mr. Herkenhoffs latest blog... Nov 13 2012, 07:47 AM

Phil Stooke I think he means another portion of the fifth scoo... Nov 13 2012, 12:10 PM

ronald Ahh - yes, that would make more sense. Thanks Nov 13 2012, 07:14 PM

Phil Stooke News conference coming up on Thursday! Phil Nov 13 2012, 11:32 PM

ups QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Nov 14 2012, 12:32 A... Nov 14 2012, 01:40 AM

Phil Stooke Good one! Scoop Stooke, Ace Reporter Nov 14 2012, 02:21 AM

Zelenyikot It will seems still the sixth scoop... "We r... Nov 14 2012, 11:51 AM

Actionman QUOTE (Zelenyikot @ Nov 14 2012, 06:51 AM... Nov 14 2012, 12:41 PM

fredk QUOTE (Zelenyikot @ Nov 14 2012, 12:51 PM... Nov 14 2012, 03:22 PM

Zelenyikot The Sun was possible for the sol 6 is lower to a s... Nov 14 2012, 07:06 PM

djellison FredK's point is that things nowhere near the ... Nov 14 2012, 07:25 PM

Zelenyikot QUOTE (jamescanvin @ Nov 14 2012, 11:21 P... Nov 14 2012, 11:49 PM

Phil Stooke http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/news/item/sol...-meet... Nov 14 2012, 07:31 PM

jamescanvin 371 images (so far!), 21144 control points and... Nov 14 2012, 10:21 PM

AndyG Fantastic, James - I'll be spending the next ... Nov 14 2012, 11:59 PM

Chmee QUOTE (AndyG @ Nov 14 2012, 06:59 PM) Fan... Nov 15 2012, 03:44 PM

elakdawalla Holy wow!! Does this include all the MR ... Nov 14 2012, 11:13 PM

jamescanvin QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Nov 14 2012, 11:13 P... Nov 15 2012, 08:20 AM

jvandriel The Horizon Sol 75 MAST R images are down and stit... Nov 15 2012, 05:36 PM

ronald Did one too and added some sky Big version her... Nov 15 2012, 06:49 PM

atomoid QUOTE (ronald @ Nov 15 2012, 10:49 AM) ..... Nov 16 2012, 08:14 PM

Ant103 And my take also on this pan Enhanced levels in o... Nov 16 2012, 11:20 AM

Phil Stooke At last - a small movement. I'm still trying ... Nov 17 2012, 02:39 PM

Greenish QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Nov 17 2012, 10:39 A... Nov 17 2012, 08:19 PM

Ant103 On the move again ! Yay~ Two navcam pan, betw... Nov 17 2012, 03:37 PM

Phil Stooke Ant's second half-pan in circular format. Loo... Nov 17 2012, 04:45 PM

Phil Stooke Good suggestion. Phil Nov 18 2012, 12:32 AM

Stu This 3D view really shows, I think, the rugged nat... Nov 18 2012, 12:28 PM

Phil Stooke Question - if you look at Navcam images of the sco... Nov 18 2012, 09:10 PM

Zelenyikot Here that found. Chem Cam on sol 79 upd: I think, ... Nov 18 2012, 10:27 PM

Zelenyikot It is great! Earlier than on an official site?... Nov 19 2012, 08:06 AM

Phil Stooke ... and a circular version of that panorama - righ... Nov 19 2012, 02:36 PM

Zelenyikot Wow! Probably there was a small dust storm on ... Nov 19 2012, 08:12 PM

djellison Unlikely - it's just terrain seen at a differe... Nov 19 2012, 08:26 PM

Ant103 I will add that it's just a variation of the a... Nov 19 2012, 08:49 PM

fredk Not a dust storm, but perhaps increased tau. Ther... Nov 19 2012, 08:49 PM

Drkskywxlt Any variation in atmospheric opacity would come fr... Nov 19 2012, 09:12 PM

Ant103 Yes Fredk and Drkskywxit (how do you pronounce tha... Nov 19 2012, 09:58 PM

Ant103 Sol 86 Mastcam 100 mosaic. Very nice angle of ligh... Nov 20 2012, 06:04 PM

ronald Fascinating views! To complete Greenishs post... Nov 20 2012, 07:23 PM

Zelenyikot Thanks Shots are made at different time of days,... Nov 20 2012, 10:20 PM

Zelenyikot New bright object. sol 78 http://mars.jpl.nasa.go... Nov 22 2012, 03:19 AM

elakdawalla I'm splitting off some recent posts into a new... Nov 22 2012, 04:47 AM

Zelenyikot Anaglyph on sol 78 I will miss a Rocknest Nov 22 2012, 09:49 AM

Actionman http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl-raw-images/ms...7000E... Nov 22 2012, 01:36 PM

fredk Even the target area at the base of the mound is g... Nov 22 2012, 04:29 PM

Julius I believe we're going to need a better instrum... Nov 22 2012, 04:52 PM

nprev ...for what purpose? MAHLI is the right instrumen... Nov 22 2012, 04:57 PM

Julius QUOTE (nprev @ Nov 22 2012, 04:57 PM) ...... Nov 22 2012, 05:03 PM

Phil Stooke There was a higher resolution imager on Phoenix: ... Nov 22 2012, 05:06 PM

Stu QUOTE (Julius @ Nov 22 2012, 05:03 PM) Cu... Nov 22 2012, 05:20 PM

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