But will Curiosity find nontronite at Nontron… well, that is to be seen once the drill is successful, CheMin and SAM have done their measurements and all the data are analyzed. Download image ›. View the latest news, images, and discoveries from the Red Planet. On Sol 3053, we will use Navcam to watch for clouds, and both Navcam and Mastcam to measure atmospheric dust. We planned a MAHLI and APXS observation on a piece of bedrock on our workspace named “Brantôme,” Mastcam multispectral observations, and some Mastcam and ChemCam RMI mosaics of a small crater named “Rouchechuart” and distant strata we named “Riberac.” After these science observations, Curiosity will drive ~39 meters towards the sulfate-bearing unit, which we can see forming dramatic and inviting cliffs in the distance, as shown above. Here’s hoping Curiosity lands in a slightly less bumpy spot for the weekend! It shows APXS measuring the target 'Nontron.' However, I spent the time looking at the many images of this fascinating area and identified an interesting vein target that we will hopefully get to investigate with APXS next week. [1] [2] [3 So the team spent some of today’s planning to discuss these beautiful details and to prioritize what we want to look at, so that we do not miss anything. MAHLI and APXS will further build our knowledge of the terrain we are on with imaging and chemical analysis of a target that is a mix of sand and rock. To continue the sampling of chemistry and texture of the rubbly bedrock as we traverse across it, APXS will perform a short integration on a bedrock block named "Daglan" before MAHLI acquires 3 images (including stereo from a 5-cm standoff) of the same target. A ~25-meter drive is planned for Curiosity to venture into the rubbly fractured intermediate unit and continue traversing towards the next key target: the sulfate unit. 405 likes. It’s a gap of time that we can understand numerically, but there’s no way to have an innate feel for the incredible ancientness of the planet and Gale Crater. Mont Mercou is a fascinating place with lots of structures visible. The former represents a flatter part of the bedrock in the workspace, and the latter a lumpier, more resistant part of the bedrock. Download image ›. Mars 2020 is a Mars rover mission by NASA 's Mars Exploration Program that includes the Perseverance rover and the Ingenuity helicopter drone. The science team is continuing to make detailed analyses of the regional bedrock to make sure that we understand these transitions from the ground as well. Rocamadour is the rounded feature on the top left of the Mont Mercou cliff and Font de Gaume is an example of one of many dark, resistant plates/fins that are eroding out of the cliff. Congratulations to the Chinese space agency for a successful insertion into Mars orbit. Geology photographers, on the other hand, want to see all of the bumps, lines, divots and wrinkles, as those features tell the story of how a rock was formed and altered. 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. Two main activities will dominate the plan this weekend as we near the end of the “Nontron” drill campaign. Tomorrow, if all goes well, a new team poised for a new set of adventures will get to feel the same joy and excitement we did in August 2012. Today, the team selected two rubbly blocks to study with APXS and MAHLI: targets “Coutures” and “Biron.” ChemCam will also acquire a mosaic of RMI images over the rock “Sarrazac,” and Mastcam will document some of the blocks nearby with vertical faces. ChemCam is taking a long-distance view with its remote micro imager onto a hill in the background of Mont Mercou, while Mastcam continues to work on completing a mosaic that covers entire Mont Mercou. This selfie was taken by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover on Feb. 26, 2020 (the 2,687th Martian day, or sol, of the mission). Download image ›. There is an additional Mastcam mosaic that covers several blocks of bedrock at the base of the La Coquille outcrop. The main objective of the MSL mission is to "assess habitability" of both Mars' past and present environments 1. It will be slow going because the rover has to navigate carefully around the jumble of pointy rocks – this stuff is called “rubbly” for a reason! The crumbling rock layer at the top of the image is the Greenheugh Pediment, which Curiosity crested on March 6. NASA leadership announced plans for the Mars 2020 mission in late 2012, seeking to recycle designs proven with the Curiosity mission — also known as Mars Science Laboratory — with a … Είστε εδώ: Αρχική Σελίδα; Uncategorized; curiosity mission updates mars science laboratory archieved 2020 There weren’t fireworks or a crystal ball drop like in Times Square, but it’s still fun to think about the way time is measured on other planets. Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover MSL The Mars Science Laboratory mission's Curiosity rover, the most technologically advanced rover ever built, landed in Mars' Gale Crater the evening of August 5, 2012, PDT (morning of August 6 EDT), using a series of complicated landing maneuvers never before attempted. We are all looking forward to the amazing science that will be done by our sister rover in Jezero Crater! Note the blocky terrain immediately in front of the rover and the basal sulfate-bearing unit layers in the background. Then the rover will drive toward the southeast and acquire images from its new location to prepare for contact science in the next plan. The second multispectral investigation is of the Nontron drill fines. In Depth: Curiosity (MSL) NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory mission set down a large, 1,982-pound (899-kilogram), mobile laboratory—Curiosity Mars rover—at Gale Crater, using precision landing technology that made one of Mars’ most intriguing regions a viable destination for the first time. We’ll look some more at Mont Mercou and other regions earlier in the day with Mastcam, and will watch for clouds in the sky at twilight. This image was taken by Left Navigation Camera onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 3022 (2021-02-05 06:20:27 UTC). Mastcam will also take a stereo mosaic of the target “Grand Brassac” and a nearby butte. This target was a victim to Curiosity’s recent drive, which resulted in this rather large rock tilting onto its side under the pressure of Curiosity’s wheels. If you want to, you can browse the raw images section of the website to get an impression of all those details! We will take advantage of being parked at the same location for a period of time by imaging the drill fines around the Nontron drill hole to look for any changes due to wind activity. This group of blocks (shown in the image above) inspired one science team member to name this target “La Madeleine,” similar to the children’s book. The image above is taken by the front hazard camera and shows the new drill hole and the landscape around us. Congratulations to Perseverance and the whole Mars 2020 team! This image was taken by Left Navigation Camera onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 3045. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech. Portrait photographers and Instagram selfie afficionados favor the kind of soft lighting that smooths over bumps and imperfections. Mastcam does double duty on the target Azerat, with stereo and multispectral imaging. Curiosity was launched from Cape Canaveral (CCAFS) on 26 November 2011, at 15:02:00 UTC and landed on Aeolis Palus inside Gale crater on Mars on 6 August 2012, 05:17:57 UTC. TGO studies the chemical composition of the martian atmosphere as we do with ChemCam through a “passive sky” observation. So the team spent some of today’s planning to discuss these beautiful details and to prioritize what we want to look at, so that we do not miss anything. For over 3000 sols (roughly eight years), we have been driving over fluvio-lacustrine sediments (typically found in rivers and lakes), with occasional forays into sand dunes (ancient and current). In photography, the right lighting is essential. We will also take a Mastcam mosaic pointed towards the sulfate-bearing hills beyond, in anticipation of our future exploration of this area. 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. We count Mars years starting with a big dust event that occurred in 1956 that marked Mars Year 1, so Curiosity just rang in the start of Mars Year 36 at Gale Crater. It is therefore important that we carefully document the rocks for texture, structure and composition as we transition from the clay-bearing to sulfate-bearing unit, looking for gradual or abrupt changes that may help to elucidate what happened at this boundary. Curiosity continues her climb up toward the lovely cliff of “Mont Mercou” and what could be the start of the sulfate-rich layers of “Mount Sharp” that the science team has had their eye on since Gale crater was identified as our landing site. NASA's Mars rover Curiosity acquired this image using its Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI), located on the turret at the end of the rover's robotic arm, on Sol 3024 of the Mars Science Laboratory Mission. Our plan today was complex, with many different activities for both the geology (GEO) and environmental (ENV) theme groups. Curiosity is ready to go ahead with the first drill of 2021! Nontron, while of course a town in France, is also the namesake for a very famous clay mineral, famous among Mars researchers and enthusiasts, as it is one of the first clay minerals identified from orbit. But while everyone is still on a euphoric high from yesterday’s success and the knowledge that we again have two working rovers on the planet’s surface, we had to buckle down and get back to work in Gale today. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech. curiosity mission updates mars science laboratory archieved 2020. Curiosity has just crossed the contact between two rock types: the fractured intermediate unit and the rubbly sub-unit. Additionally, ChemCam is doing a series of passive (non-laser) observations on “Carlux,” “Carsac” and “Castels” – a tongue twisting group of names! Mastcam will take a multispectral observation of "Cornille," the boundary between the two rock types, and stereo mosaics across similar, nearby transitions. First, and foremost, there is the drill target Nontron, which has been investigated by APXS and will be drilled in this plan. 90 talking about this. As we drive through it, we plan to take frequent measurements of the chemistry and textures to better understand the unit’s origins. Both Mastcam and ChemCam will image Mont Mercou today and we are driving toward it over the next several plans. An amazing achievement at any time but even more so during a global pandemic. This could help to elucidate the nature of relatively late-stage alteration episodes affecting the rocks here. This image was taken by Left Navigation Camera onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 3042. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech. Today, Curiosity is continuing our drill campaign at Nontron and preparing SAM to study the sample later this week. Canada has extended its participation in the Mars Science Laboratory mission to March 2023. This past weekend, Curiosity celebrated the start of a new year on Mars. These activities require detailed and precise planning by the rover engineers. Curiosity is on the final approach to the base of the sulfate-bearing unit identified from orbit as a region of interest within Gale crater long before we landed. Navcam will acquire a large dust devil observation, zenith movie, suprahorizon movie and single frame line of sight observation. The Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Curiosity was launched to Mars in late 2011 and landed in the Red Planet in early August of 2012. El Mars Science Laboratory (Laboratori de Ciència de Mart o MSL), és una missió de la NASA amb la finalitat de posar i operar un vehicle robòtic anomenat Curiosity (Curiositat), sobre la superfície de Mart.Va ser llançat el 26 de novembre de 2011 i es va posar a la superfície marciana amb total precisió el 6 d'agost de 2012 a les 05.31 h UTC.El lloc d'aterratge es troba en el cràter Gale. The transition from clay-rich to sulfate-rich is both puzzling and extremely important, and one we are looking forward to getting into! Have a close look at this Navcam image. Mastcam will also take full tau observations pointed towards the sun at two different times of day as well as a sky survey observation. Download image ›. NASA's Mars rover Curiosity acquired this image using its Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI), located on the turret at the end of the rover's robotic arm, on Sol 3024 of the Mars Science Laboratory Mission. This weekend, Curiosity’s driving will be entirely within the rubbly material. It’s always good to have a bit of discussion and share all the details we individually discover, be it in the way the rocks are layered or the differences in colour or how many veins there are. We don’t know exactly what is causing the rubbly character of the rocks here, and why they have weathered so differently from the adjacent, less-broken-up outcrop. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech. We are not here for long, though, as the next drive will immediately follow those investigations, so stay tuned for the next view of the rubbly landscape as early as tomorrow! I did have to report on the downlink and the health of the APXS instrument, but until sample is dumped from the drill bit assembly we are not able to deploy the APXS, which is also on the end of the arm. SAM is not the only instrument busy today, though. We will then drive toward Mont Mercou and collect Navcams and a MARDI image from our new location. Managed by the Mars Exploration Program and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate 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. The view, from one of Perseverance’s Hazard Cameras, is partially obscured by a dust cover. Download image ›. Sharp. The Mars 2020 mission leverages the successful architecture of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission by duplicating most of its entry, descent, and landing system and much of its rover design. 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. Were twelve little rocks in two straight lines It’s freezing cold right now here in Europe, with temperatures just below 32 F (0 °C), which sparked me to look at the weather report from Gale crater, provided by REMS, our weather station. Mastcam will also acquire a stereo mosaic of outcrops to the south that we plan to visit soon, to provide context for future observations. Mont Mercou is a fascinating place with lots of structures visible. These observations will be accompanied by Mastcam observations of the same targets, and of a fifth target “Issac” near the front of the rover. In planning today, the team decided to drive to a drill location closer to the cliff face of "Mont Mercou." Tosol, it is a SAM focused day, with SAM doing its EGA measurement. We hope this new Mastcam mosaic will bring out even more detail than we can see in the image above. Before we do that, Mastcam will take a stereo mosaic of the drill site (the flat patch of bright outcrop visible in this Navcam image) as well as a larger stereo mosaic of the cliff face to get a high-resolution look at the layers exposed there. You cannot miss that rock perched on top of Mont Mercou, which now has the target name ‘Rocamadour.’ The question is: Is Rocamadour made of the same material as the rest of Mont Mercou? The evening Mastcam photoshoot is just one part of this two-sol plan. Download image ›. Curiosity did her best to honor that gift in this plan, gathering as much as knowledge as she could at this stop before driving on. The Right Mastcam will also image "Ajat," a nearby rock face that is just visible over the rover, before Navcam searches for dust devils and clouds. Right before the rover drivers wiggle our wheels off the troublesome rocks of today’s parking space, Mastcam will acquire a large stereo mosaic of Mont Mercou. This target is called La Madeleine! NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission, Curiosity is the largest and most capable rover ever sent to Mars. On both evenings of the plan, Mastcam will image a swath of sky above Mount Sharp to look for clouds. After the two MAHLI full suites, APXS will be placed on Sadillac for an evening integration, then on Pazayac for an overnight integration. It is truly hard to believe it has been over 8 years - more than 3000 sols - since Curiosity landed in Gale. Mastcam is also starting a stereo imaging campaign of Mont Mercou and investigating a block further away called ‘Grand Brassac.’. The vehicle will get some well-earned rest on the third sol, with only a few atmospheric observations by Mastcam, Navcam and REMS. So one of the first things I did this morning as MAHLI/MARDI uplink lead was to search for good locations for contact science. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech. Outside of this atmospheric observation, today’s plan was a routine touch-and-go. Our goal remains to traverse away from the rocks we have determined are clay-rich and toward the overlying sulfate-rich rocks uphill. On one side of the contact there are many large broken pieces of bedrock (rubbly; left side of above image), while the other side is smoother (right side of above image). A safe landing on Mars is a gift that keeps on giving, a gift our whole team is grateful for. Download image ›. Fact Sheet: Mars Science Laboratory (Curiosity) Published: February 6, 2018 NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory mission set down a large, mobile laboratory — the rover Curiosity — at Gale Crater, using precision landing technology that made one of Mars’ most … The rover carries: Managed by the Mars Exploration Program and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, Written by Lucy Thompson, Planetary Geologist at University of New Brunswick, Written by Melissa Rice, Planetary Geologist at Western Washington University, Written by Susanne Schwenzer, Planetary Geologist at The Open University, Written by Scott Guzewich, Atmospheric Scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Written by Kristen Bennett, Planetary Geologist at USGS Astrogeology Science Center, Written by Ryan Anderson, Planetary Geologist at USGS Astrogeology Science Center, Written by Michelle Minitti, Planetary Geologist at Framework, Written by Ken Herkenhoff, Planetary Geologist at USGS Astrogeology Science Center, Planetary Geologist; Center for Earth & Planetary Studies, Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum; Washington, DC, Planetary Geologist; NASA/JPL; Pasadena, CA, Atmospheric Scientist; York University; Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Planetary Geologist; Arizona State University; Tempe, AZ, Planetary Geologist; Northern Arizona University; Flagstaff, AZ, Atmospheric Scientist; NASA/GSFC; Greenbelt, MD, Planetary Geologist; University of Tennessee; Knoxville, TN, Planetary Geologist; Framework; Silver Spring, MD, Atmospheric Scientist, Aeolis Research; Pasadena, CA, Planetary Geologist; University of New Brunswick; Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, Planetary Geologist; Western Washington University; Bellingham, WA, Planetary Geologist; Northern Arizona University; Flagstaff, AZ. The textures and colour variations in the cliff are mesmerizing and we are striving to understand them. Perseverance, the centerpiece of NASA's $2.7 billion Mars 2020 mission, touched down inside the Red Planet's Jezero Crater on Feb. 18, 2021. The successful Commercial Crew launch by SpaceX and NASA has forever changed spaceflight. Clays are fascinating minerals that can store water and thus make an environment more habitable. Additionally, a ChemCam passive sky observation has been coordinated with measurements from the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter spacecraft. This means we are also a little closer to the question I posed back on the sol 3056-3057 blog: Is there nontronite in the Nonton drill hole? Sols 3047-3048: Touch, Remote Sensing, and Go! This weekend, Mastcam will be taking a panorama and multispectral images that cover the base of this sulfate unit and the cliff face seen on the left. The second sol of this two-sol plan is dominated by environmental observations to monitor the atmosphere including a ChemCam passive sky observation, a Mastcam basic tau pointed towards the sun, a Navcam suprahorizon movie, dust devil survey and line of sight image. This image was taken by Left Navigation Camera onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 3049. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech. Curiosity presses on to the east within Gale Crater, characterizing compositional variations within the underlying bedrock as we continue to march uphill and encounter sedimentary rocks that record the ancient geologic and environmental conditions within the crater. The bedrock is reddish and it has the white veins that we are by now so familiar with. Artist’s rendition of the Mars Science Laboratory rover on the floor of Gale crater. DAN will ping the ground in back of the rover before, during and after our drive, keeping steady watch on the state of hydrogen in the subsurface. This image was taken by the Front Hazard Avoidance Camera onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 3054. It’s always good to have a bit of discussion and share all the details we individually discover, be it in the way the rocks are layered or the differences in colour or how many veins there are. As of June 1, 2020, Curiosity has travelled a distance of 22.1 km on the Martian surface, and its Canadian instrument APXS has analyzed 917 samples and sent 1981 results back to Earth. And, to quote one of the mission leads during today’s planning: ‘Mont Mercou is big, but it is tiny compared to what is ahead of us up the hill!’. It was launched on 30 July 2020 at 11:50 UTC, and will touch down in Jezero crater on Mars on 18 February 2021. This image was taken by Left Navigation Camera onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 3040. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech. Download image ›. Mars Science Laboratory ou MSL, tamén coñecido polo nome do róver, Curiosity, é unha sonda espacial da NASA lanzada o 26 de novembro de 2011 mediante un foguete Atlas 5 desde Cabo Cañaveral para estudar Marte. Our minds are designed to think in terms of hours, days, seasons, and years, extending up to a duration of our lifetime and perhaps those a few generations before us. 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. The plan is also packed with exciting non-drill related activities. So, Mars is a lot colder than Earth in front of my window right now. After the drive has executed, a MARDI image will be taken to capture the terrain beneath the two front wheels. Sharp - was enabled by that safe landing. When I think back to JPL’s Al Chen declaring “Touchdown confirmed, we’re safe on Mars!” - lo these many years later - I still burst into tears. After collecting this wealth of data at Nontron, we anticipate moving forward with the full drill in the next plan. Download image ›. There is also a contact science target, “Tamnies,” that will be our last contact science target in this sub-unit before the rover crosses into the rubbly fractured intermediate unit. At the beginning of our planning day Curiosity team members also celebrated the arrival of a brand new orbital neighbor, the Emirates Mars Mission “Hope Probe.” Hope is the first mission to Mars led by the United Arab Emirates Space Agency, and its arrival into Mars orbit this morning represents an extraordinary accomplishment. The vein target we hope to analyze with APXS next week is visible to the left of the "Nontron" drill hole on the edge of the slab in this image taken by Mast Camera (Mastcam) onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 3062. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS. They will also survey the surrounding bedrock using their multispectral modes that use reflected light to probe mineralogy. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech. This image was taken by Front Hazard Avoidance Camera onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 3060. Download image ›. This image was taken by Mast Camera (Mastcam) onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 3061. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS. (See Current status Chemistry & Mineralogy X-Ray Diffraction/X-Ray Fluorescence Instrument (CheMin), Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) Instrument Suite, Rover Environmental Monitoring Station (REMS). I don’t think there was a dry eye yesterday, viewing that first image from Mars (shown above) after the incredible nail biting descent. Wheels did not prevent all the vistas of the “ Rocamadour ” and a butte. ) theme groups, it is an additional Mastcam mosaic pointed curiosity mission updates mars science laboratory archieved 2020 the sun at different... 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