The insets show how the high resolution achieved by RMI reveals various geologic landforms, such as a field of sand ripples near Vera Rubin Ridge, and an impressive variety of layered units. The environmental group planned standard observations to monitor the atmosphere including Navcam suprahorizon and dust devil movies. Mission › Mission Updates About this Blog These blog updates are provided by self-selected Mars Science Laboratory mission team members who love to share what Curiosity is doing with the public. Right before the holiday break, Curiosity had been making her way across rubbly terrain towards a set of large sand ripples located within the Sands of Forvie. ChemCam then turns its eyes upward to acquire a long distance RMI mosaic of sulfate-bearing layers found within the portion of Mount Sharp that makes up the next major phase of Curiosity’s exploration. All is well and it just means that today we have a familiar workspace and a chance to regain some of these observations before getting back on the road. We are in the midst of a mini-campaign to further examine eolian (wind erosion, transport and depositional) processes on Mars. (See Current status Next, Curiosity will drive toward the Sands of Forvie, where she will spend the majority of the holiday. ChemCam is analyzing three bedrock targets in this workspace, “Corserine,” “Pundsar,” and “Tjorn,” all of which will also be documented by Mastcam images. Standard REMS, RAD, DAN passive and active measurements will also be acquired. This should allow us to compare the composition of the surface of the sand sheet with the subsurface, perhaps providing further insights into eolian processes. The ripple crest, along which the “Airor” crest target is situated, to the left of the arm. Geologists were intrigued to see a series of rock "benches" in the most recent panorama from the mission. Then Curiosity will drive to the north to get back into smoother terrain, followed by imaging to prepare for targeting in the next plan. When stitched together, RMI mosaics reveal details of the landscape several kilometers from the rover, and provides pictures that are very complementary to orbital observations, giving a more human-like, ground-based perspective. We received images of the new scuff this morning, and it gives us an even closer look into the ripple’s interior, which will help us understand its structure. Thank you for taking your time to send in your valued opinion to Science X editors. So RMI complements other cameras quite nicely, thanks to its very long focal length. I'm always eager when new data come down, and the images we've collected here as a video are a real treat. Mars Science Laboratory (kurz MSL) ist eine NASA-Mission im Rahmen des Flagship-Programms, die den Mars hinsichtlich seiner aktuellen und vergangenen Eignung als Biosphäre erforscht. This morning, we were happy to see the small rocks we had been targeting were indeed in our workspace. googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1449240174198-2'); }); It's been 3,000 Martian days, or sols, since Curiosity touched down on Mars on Aug. 6, 2012, and the rover keeps making new discoveries during its gradual climb up Mount Sharp, the 3-mile-tall (5-kilometer-tall) mountain it has been exploring since 2014. This year, the rover has been driving across a clay-bearing region called "Glen Torridon." Here on Earth, people often use the start of a new year as an opportunity to adopt new resolutions for themselves. You can unsubscribe at any time and we'll never share your details to third parties. NASA's Curiosity Mars rover discovered them as it crested the slope of "Greenheugh Pediment" on Feb. 24, 2020, the 2685th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS. Planetary Geologist; The Open University; Milton Keynes, U.K. Mission Operations Engineer; NASA/JPL; Pasadena, CA, Planetary Geologist; University of California Davis; Davis, CA, MSL Project Scientist; NASA/JPL; Pasadena, CA. The disturbed scuff can also be seen between the two front wheels. As she snapped a dramatic new self portrait backdropped by alien scenery from the Red Planet . ChemCam then turns its eyes upward to acquire a long distance RMI mosaic of sulfate-bearing layers found within the portion of Mount Sharp that makes up the next major phase of Curiosity’s exploration. This image was taken by Left Navigation Camera onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 2977. As today provided our first opportunity to study the Sands of Forvie ripples after our New Year’s scuff, a major focus of our planning was to obtain a preliminary set of MAHLI images of the crest and trough of a prominent ripple in our workspace. This is exactly what we designed the software to do to make sure everything stays safe, and it means we didn’t carry out subsequent contact science or the drive over the weekend. This rare opportunity of staying at the same location for a long time was used by the team to target very distant areas of interest, building an ever-growing RMI mosaic between September 9 and October 23 (sols 2878 and 2921) that eventually became 216 overlapping images. Get weekly and/or daily updates delivered to your inbox. After a quick jaunt across the “rubbly” unit, Curiosity … Sols 2989-2991: Wrapping up 2020 at the 'Sands of Forvie', first use of tetramethylammonium hydroxide (TMAH), Curiosity's "Spyglass" Megamosaic of Mount Sharp, Chemistry & Mineralogy X-Ray Diffraction/X-Ray Fluorescence Instrument (CheMin), Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) Instrument Suite, Rover Environmental Monitoring Station (REMS). This sand sheet is approximately 400 meters across and a kilometer wide, and the views looking out over it are spectacularly scenic. When wind blows sand around, it naturally sorts it based on properties such as particle size, so close-up images of sand grains on different parts of a ripple can provide a means to study natural sorting processes and the winds controlling them. Your opinions are important to us. The active ChemCam LIBS laser can move the dust around, so APXS needed to go first so that we did not inadvertently analyze some dust piled up around the main target! Curiosity is a mobile science laboratory. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech. Our next drive will wait until the next planning cycle. The team didn’t get all the data down that they wanted, including imaging data that we need to plan our next drive. Vigeans.” We’ll finish up our characterization with some multispectral observations that will tell us about the color properties of the rocks, and in addition to more targeted Mastcam mosaics to observe other features in the area in color at high resolution. Science X Daily and the Weekly Email Newsletter are free features that allow you to receive your favorite sci-tech news updates in your email inbox. A new MAHLI image of "Traquair" will provide another close-in view of sand grain color and morphology. Download image ›. Malin Space Science Systems in San Diego built and operates Mastcam. Sharp, transitioning back into terrain with fewer broken blocks of bedrock. Located at the end of the rover’s robotic arm, MAHLI can be placed in close proximity to the surface to acquire incredibly high-resolution images of the grains within loose soil and rocks. Knowing that Mars was habitable, the question … Other scientific measurements planned today included an APXS measurement to accompany MAHLI images of the ripple trough, ChemCam observations on sand targets “Carsaig East” and “Carsaig Arches," and Mastcam “change detection” images for tracking sand motion. "Hazcam the scuff on top of a scuff," is an image taken by Front Hazard Avoidance Camera onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 2995. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech. We’ll also collect some ChemCam observations of two sand targets named “Corryhabbie Hill” and “Mill Loch,” and a small rock named “Fethaland.” We’ll additionally acquire MAHLI and APXS data on a ripple crest at a target named “Braewick Beach” and a different small rock in the workspace named “Ronas Hill.” These observations will be complemented by several Mastcam and RMI mosaics of the area, including a 360˚ Mastcam mosaic. 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These blog updates are provided by self-selected Mars Science Laboratory mission team members who love to share what Curiosity is doing with the public. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS. APXS will do a three-point raster (3 separate placements, separated by 1-2 cms) across An Dun, ensuring that we will have as much of the nodular material in our Field of View (FOV). The first sol of the plan starts with surveying the bedrock and sand in the rover workspace with both ChemCam and Mastcam. On sol 2994, ChemCam targets include "Tiroran" and "Trearne Quarry" looking at sand grain chemistry with respective Mastcam color documentation. Those missions have already revealed strong evidence that some areas once had conditions suitable for life. Special morning and evening change detection images were also scheduled to help us better constrain the timing and direction of the winds responsible for shaping the Sands of Forvie ripples. Neither your address nor the recipient's address will be used for any other purpose. For example, we will be acquiring four sets of ChemCam LIBS chemistry observations of the surface using the Autonomous Exploration for Gathering Increased Science, or AEGIS, targeting system. ChemCam will acquire two autonomously-targeted rasters off to the starboard side of the rover. You can be assured our editors closely monitor every feedback sent and will take appropriate actions. In addition to contact science and driving, Curiosity will be busy monitoring environmental conditions, from dust in the atmosphere to capturing images of active dust devils. The content is provided for information purposes only. Stéphane Le Mouélic, Remote Sensing specialist at LPG/CNRS, Nantes, France. As 2020 comes to a close, I’d like to take a moment to reflect on everything Curiosity has accomplished this (Earth) year. As of August 6, 2019 (sol 2488), Curiosity has driven 21,318.5 meters over a variety of terrain types and slopes, employing multiple drive modes with varying amounts of onboard autonomy. MAHLI image, taken from 25 cm standoff, showing the nodular target “An Dun” in the centre of the image. Medical research advances and health news, The latest engineering, electronics and technology advances, The most comprehensive sci-tech news coverage on the web. Download image ›. Curiosity is a car-sized Mars rover designed to explore the Gale crater on Mars as part of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission. I am truly astonished by how much we’ve accomplished operating the rover from our dining room tables and makeshift home offices over the last 41 weeks, and I am so proud of this team. On the second sol (day) of the plan, we will drive further onto this rubbly material. These blog updates are provided by self-selected Mars Science Laboratory mission team members who love to share what Curiosity is doing with the public. So while the sand and ripples that cap the Sands of Forvie evoke a beach vacation, the holiday will not be all relaxation for Curiosity. The science team has been working remotely for years, but Curiosity’s engineering team at JPL went fully remote starting in March. part may be reproduced without the written permission. Dates of planned rover activities described in these reports are subject to change due to a variety of factors related to the Martian environment, communication relays and rover status. Yesterday, Curiosity imaged a coarser grained, darker ripple crest (“Airor”) and a finer grained, redder trough area (“Ratharsair”) with MAHLI, and investigated the composition of the trough target with APXS. Accordingly, MAHLI took some images in the last plan, which were used today to refine placement over the nodules. But then he learned more about the Mars 2020 mission and was intrigued: The Mars 2020 team (the rover hadn't yet been named Perseverance) would need to preserve the architecture of Curiosity but create a new design for the rover, which would collect the first samples from another planet to be returned to Earth on a future mission. We drilled and analyzed six samples of Martian rock, ranking 2020 with 2016 as “Earth year where Curiosity drilled the most.” Over the summer, we performed special wet chemistry experiments on two of those drilled samples, including the first use of tetramethylammonium hydroxide (TMAH), to better understand their composition. A close-up MAHLI view of a ripple crest at the edge of the "Sands of Forvie." This is the equivalent of seeing Baltimore’s downtown buildings from Washington DC’s city center. MISSION UPDATES | December 23, 2020 Sols 2989-2991: Wrapping up 2020 at the 'Sands of Forvie' Written by Abigail Fraeman, Planetary Geologist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory This image was taken by Left Navigation Camera onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 2979. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech. DAN and REMS measurements, as well as a small set of Navcam and Mastcam observations will also allow us to probe the current environmental conditions. This image was taken by Right Navigation Camera onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 2997. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech. 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This document is subject to copyright. Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) and Mars 2020 Rover Section; Pages: [1] 2 Next Go Down. Your feedback will go directly to Science X editors. But don't expect a rover this busy to stay put: Soon after capturing the new panorama, it was off for higher ground. Early and mid-morning, Navcam will acquire movies to look for clouds overhead. As 2020 comes to a close, I’d like to take a moment to reflect on everything Curiosity has accomplished this (Earth) year. Most of those sols contain only REMS weather and RAD radiation monitoring activities, as these regular measurements are easy to plan and relatively low risk to the rover operating for many sols without the team checking in regularly. The first sol of the plan starts with surveying the bedrock and sand in the rover workspace with both ChemCam and Mastcam. The team is excited to be ringing in the new year at this interesting – and sandy – spot, and we are looking forward to exploring many more new terrains in 2021 as we continue our traverse up Mount Sharp. In planetary exploration, we often talk about a different kind of resolution, namely the spatial resolution of the cameras carried by a spacecraft. Today we planned MAHLI and APXS observations on two rocks in our workspace, and we named the spots we observed “Nugarth” and “Kleber.” We’re also going to study the rock with the Kleber target in two additional places using ChemCam, and we named these new spots “St. On the horizon is the north crater rim. Download image ›. ChemCam will collect a passive spectral observation of the atmosphere, and APXS will analyze atmospheric argon. This ordering, with APXS preceding ChemCam, was important today as it was not possible to use the DRT brush to remove the dust around these protruding features. Today, we planned 3 more sols that will happen at the end of that mega-plan. Download image ›. NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission, Curiosity is the largest and most capable rover ever sent to Mars. These blog updates are provided by self-selected Mars Science Laboratory mission team members who love to share what Curiosity is doing with the public. It’s been an exciting 3,000 sols so far, and I look forward to seeing what else we’ll discover as Curiosity continues to climb Mt. A close-up MAHLI view of a ripple crest at the edge of the "Sands of Forvie." The Curiosity rover has tools to study clues about past and present environmental conditions on Mars, including whether conditions have ever been favorable for microbial life. Follow NASA's Perseverance Rover in Real Time on Its Way to Mars › A crisply rendered web application can show you where the agency's Mars 2020 mission is right now as it makes its way to the Red Planet for a Feb. 18, 2021, landing. So while the sand and ripples that cap the Sands of Forvie evoke a beach vacation, the holiday will not be all relaxation for Curiosity. On Monday we made a mega, 10-sol plan to cover the holiday period, and the drive that took Curiosity to the edge of the sand sheet was in the first sol of that plan. After a quick jaunt across the “rubbly” unit, Curiosity has reached the “Sands of Forvie” in time for the holidays. We made it. Download image ›. Tonight I’ll be raising a glass to Curiosity and the science and engineering teams that have gotten us this far! Three of the sols of the holiday contain more extensive activities, including a drive to the edge of the “Sands of Forvie” sand sheet that Curiosity will study more extensively to start the new year. Abstract—NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission landed the Curiosity rover on Mars on August 6, 2012. A quick introduction, since I'm not a regular author of Curiosity's blog: since the rover's landing, I’ve been involved in the processing of ChemCam’s images at France's University of Nantes. NASA's Curiosity Mars rover is resuming full operations today, following work by engineers to investigate why the rover put itself into a safe standby mode on July 2. Most of those sols contain only REMS weather and RAD radiation monitoring activities, as these regular measurements are easy to plan and relatively low risk to the rover operating for many sols without the team checking in regularly. To the right is the upper part of Mount Sharp, which has rock layers that were shaped by lakes and streams billions of years ago. Andrew Square” to assess some interesting color variations, and later in the afternoon MAHLI will take a closer look at targets named “Nugarth” and “Kleber.” The second sol includes a ChemCam observation of “Backagord” and a number of environmental monitoring observations to search for dust devils and monitor the dust content of the atmosphere. Mastcam and MARDI will watch for wind-induced changes in the sand around and under the rover, respectively. Mastcam will acquire a large mosaic covering the blocks around the rover to get a detailed look at the structures and alteration features in the bedrock, in addition to imaging two other bedrock blocks, “Quothquan” and “Elishader,” that each exhibit interesting textures. As we were finishing up our measurements at the “Sands of Forvie,” we decided to give the sand one last good kick – er, scuff – on our way out. Curiosity rover reaches its 3,000th day on Mars by Andrew Good, NASA This panorama, made up of 122 individual images stitched together, was taken by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover … The Perseverance rover is expected to land on Mars in … Download image ›. The APXS will analyze the composition of the trough target in this plan, and differences in the chemistry between the trough and crest can then hopefully be linked to grain texture and eolian processes. Finally, we’ll take some long distance RMI mosaics looking higher up Mt. Sols 2999-3000: 3000 Sols of Exploration! Mastcam will acquire a large mosaic covering the blocks around the rover to get a detailed look at the structures and alteration features in the bedrock, in addition to imaging two other bedrock blocks, “Quothquan” and “Elishader,” that each exhibit interesting textures. Sharp and perform a variety of environmental science observations, including studying the composition of the atmosphere using SAM. 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